Echocardiographic analysis of acute effects of percutaneous mitral annuloplasty on severity of secondary mitral regurgitation

ConclusionsPMA leads to a reduction of MR severity in>80% of SMR patients. Acute effects of PMA can quantitatively be assessed by transthoracic echocardiography.

Source: ESC Heart Failure - May 1, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Stephan St öbe, Kristin Kreyer, Daniel Jurisch, Dietrich Pfeiffer, Daniel Lavall, Gerardo Farese, Ulrich Laufs, Andreas Hagendorff Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research