Restrictive Mitral Valve Annuloplasty: Prognostic Implications of Left Ventricular Forward Flow.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with severe secondary MR treated with surgical repair, LV forward flow was independently associated with better survival and lower risk of the combined endpoint.
PMID: 28964411 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - November 1, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Kamperidis V, van Wijngaarden SE, van Rosendael PJ, Kong WK, Leung M, Sianos G, Ajmone Marsan N, Delgado V, Bax JJ Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research