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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Condition: Hypertension
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Procedure: Heart Valve Surgery
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The Challenge of Timing Surgery in Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation Is B-Type Natriuretic Peptide the Solution? ∗
Degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) with prolapse or flail of mitral leaflets has become the most frequent cause of severe primary MR in Europe and North America (1,2). In its chronic stage, even severe MR is tolerated very well for a surprisingly long time, and patients may remain asymptomatic for years. During this compensated stage of disease, pre-load, afterload, and both contractility and ejection fraction of the left ventricle (LV) remain normal, and the total stroke volume is increased as a result of the compensatory enlargement of the end-diastolic LV volume, which is enabled by an adaptive process of the LV myo...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - September 13, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
