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Redefining Unilateral Pulmonary Edema after Mitral Valve Surgery on Chest X-ray Imaging Using the RALE Scoring System.

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العنوان: Redefining Unilateral Pulmonary Edema after Mitral Valve Surgery on Chest X-ray Imaging Using the RALE Scoring System.
المؤلفون: Mostafa, Karim, Wolf, Carmen, Seehafer, Svea, Horr, Agreen, Pommert, Nina, Haneya, Assad, Lutter, Georg, Pühler, Thomas, Both, Marcus, Jansen, Olav, Langguth, Patrick
المصدر: Journal of Clinical Medicine; Sep2023, Vol. 12 Issue 18, p6043, 10p
مصطلحات موضوعية: MITRAL valve surgery, X-ray imaging, PULMONARY edema, PECTUS excavatum, SURGICAL complications
مستخلص: Introduction: Unilateral pulmonary edema (UPE) is a potential complication after mitral valve surgery (MVS), and its cause is not yet fully understood. Definitions are inconsistent, and previous studies have reported wide variance in the incidence of UPE. This research aims at the evaluation of the Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) score concerning assessment of UPE after MVS in order to provide an accurate and consistent definition of this pathology. Methods and Results: Postoperative chest X-ray images of 676 patients after MVS (minimally invasive MVS, n = 434; conventional MVS, n = 242) were retrospectively analyzed concerning presence of UPE. UPE was diagnosed only after exclusion of other pathologies up until the eighth postoperative day. RALE values were calculated for each patient. ROC analysis was performed to assess diagnostic performance. UPE was diagnosed in 18 patients (2.8%). UPE occurred significantly more often in the MI-MVS group (p = 0.045; MI-MVS n = 15; C-MVS n = 3). Postoperative RALE values for the right hemithorax (Q1 + Q2) > 12 and the right-to-left RALE difference ((Q1 + Q2) − (Q3 + Q4)) > 13 provide a sensitivity of up to 100% and 94.4% and a specificity of up to 88.4% and 94.2% for UPE detection. Conclusion: The RALE score is a practical tool for assessment of chest X-ray images after MVS with regard to UPE and provides a clear definition of UPE. In addition, it enables objective comparability when assessing of the postoperative course. The given score thresholds provide a sensitivity and specificity of up to 94%. Further, UPE after MVS seems to be a rather rare pathology with an incidence of 2.6%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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قاعدة البيانات: Complementary Index
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تدمد:20770383
DOI:10.3390/jcm12186043