Isolated Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.

CONCLUSION: MV repair in patients with impaired LVEF could be performed safely with good clinical short- and mid-term outcome. Nevertheless, reduced preoperative LVEF correlates with worse perioperative and long-term survival. PMID: 31588074 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - October 3, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Noack T, Cuartas MM, Kiefer P, Garbade J, Pfannmueller B, Seeburger J, Borger MA Tags: Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research