Mitral valve surgery in low ejection fraction, severe ischemic mitral regurgitation patients: Should we repair them all?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Braun, Jerry ^a   Klautz, Robert J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiovascular imaging; heart failure; ischemic mitral regurgitation; left ventricular remodeling; mitral valve repair

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC ISCHEMIC MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84856882912     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32834fec29     Document Type: Review

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