Early myocardial changes in patients undergoing rheumatic mitral valve repair versus replacement.

CONCLUSIONS: Rheumatic mitral valve repair might provide patients with better postoperative left ventricular performance than posterior chordal-sparing mitral valve replacement. Longer follow-up is required to compare long-term outcomes. PMID: 32715718 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32715718?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - July 28, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Chang YS, Meng X, Jiao YQ, Chang DW Tags: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) Source Type: research