Open AccessLong-Term Mortality Associated With Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Mitral Regurgitation Due to Flail Leaflets
Author(s) -
Christophe Tribouilloy,
Dan Ruşinaru,
Francesco Grigioni,
Héctor I. Michelena,
JeanLouis Vanoverschelde,
Jean-François Aviérinos,
Andréa Barbieri,
Sorin V. Pislaru,
Antonio Russo,
Agnès Pasquet,
Alexis Théron,
Catherine Szymanski,
Franck Lévy,
Maurice EnriquezSarano
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.113.001251
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral regurgitation , cardiology , ejection fraction , hazard ratio , sinus rhythm , mitral valve , mitral valve repair , heart failure , atrial fibrillation , confidence interval
Ejection fraction (EF) as a marker of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and the appropriate thresholds for diagnosing severe or mild/moderate LV dysfunction in mitral regurgitation are doubted and poorly followed in clinical practice. We aimed at assessing the role of EF in a large registry of organic mitral regurgitation to objectively establish thresholds for various degrees of LV dysfunction and to analyze whether mitral surgery remains beneficial in those subsets of patients.
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