Natural History and Predictors of Outcome in Patients With Concomitant Functional Mitral Regurgitation at the Time of Aortic Valve Replacement | Zendy

Marc Ruel | Zendy; Varun Kapila | Zendy; J L Price | Zendy; Alexander Kulik | Zendy; Ian G. Burwash | Zendy; Thierry Mesana | Zendy

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Natural History and Predictors of Outcome in Patients With Concomitant Functional Mitral Regurgitation at the Time of Aortic Valve Replacement

Author(s) -

Marc Ruel,

Varun Kapila,

J L Price,

Alexander Kulik,

Ian G. Burwash,

Thierry Mesana

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.105.000976

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , hazard ratio , concomitant , aortic valve replacement , mitral regurgitation , stenosis , heart failure , regurgitation (circulation) , confidence interval

Concomitant functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) is frequently not corrected because it may improve after AVR; however, data supporting this assumption are sparse. We ascertained the impact of clinical and echocardiographic parameters on the outcome of patients with or without concomitant FMR at the time of AVR.

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