Does Stringent Restrictive Annuloplasty for Functional Mitral Regurgitation Cause Functional Mitral Stenosis and Pulmonary Hypertension?
Author(s) -
Satoshi Kainuma,
Kazuhiro Taniguchi,
Takashi Daimon,
Taichi Sakaguchi,
Toshihiro Funatsu,
Haruhiko Kondoh,
Shigeru Miyagawa,
Koji Takeda,
Yasuhiro Shudo,
Takafumi Masai,
Shinichi Fujita,
Masami Nishino,
Yoshiki Sawa
Publication year - 2011
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.110.013037
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pulmonary wedge pressure , pulmonary hypertension , mitral valve , pulmonary artery , mitral valve stenosis , stenosis , mitral regurgitation , cardiac catheterization , doppler echocardiography , diastole , blood pressure
It remains controversial whether restrictive mitral annuloplasty (RMA) for functional mitral regurgitation (MR) can induce functional mitral stenosis (MS) that may cause postoperative residual pulmonary hypertension (PH).
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