Impact of atrial fibrillation on improvement of functional mitral regurgitation in cardiac resynchronization therapy

Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are frequent heart failure (HF) complications. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can improve FMR; however, little is known about the influence of AF on FMR improvement.

Source: Heart Rhythm - July 12, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pieter van der Bijl, Ngoc Mai Vo, Melissa Leung, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Victoria Delgado, Gregg W. Stone, Jeroen J. Bax Source Type: research