Open AccessClinical and Prognostic Impact of a New Left Ventricular Ejection Index in Primary Mitral Regurgitation Because of Mitral Valve Prolapse
Author(s) -
Julien Magné,
Catherine Szymanski,
A Fournier,
Dorothée Malaquin,
Jean-François Aviérinos,
Christophe Tribouilloy
Publication year - 2015
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.114.003036
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , cardiology , mitral regurgitation , hazard ratio , mitral valve repair , heart failure , mitral valve , confidence interval
After mitral valve repair for primary mitral regurgitation, the preoperative LVEI is a new and simple composite parameter of both LV dilatation and LV forward flow able to accurately predict postoperative LVD and outcome.
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