Regurgitant Volume Informs Rate of Progressive Cardiac Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Patients With Chronic Aortic or Mitral Regurgitation
Author(s) -
Kenya Kusunose,
Paul Cremer,
Rayji Tsutsui,
Richard A. Grimm,
James D. Thomas,
Brian P. Griffin,
Zoran Popović
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.09.017
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , cardiology , mitral regurgitation , stroke volume , regurgitation (circulation) , ejection fraction , volume overload , heart failure
This study hypothesized that regurgitation severity, as determined by using the regurgitant volume index, would better delineate differential cardiac dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with moderate to severe aortic regurgitation (AR) and mitral regurgitation (MR).
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