Early Improvement in Mitral Regurgitation after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Cardiomyopathy Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: CRT acutely reduced the severity of functional MR in the majority of cardiomyopathy patients. Those patients with improved MR showed a higher frequency of ≥5% increase in LVEF after CRT. Older age, longer QRS duration, and septallateral delay were independent predictors of MR improvement after CRT. PMID: 29762924 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Heart Valve Disease - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Heart Valve Dis Source Type: research