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Mitral valve repair in heart failure
Author(s) -
Smolens Iva A.,
Pagani Francis D.,
Bolling Steven F.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.149
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1879-0844
pISSN - 1388-9842
DOI - 10.1016/s1388-9842(00)00125-2
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , mitral regurgitation , mitral valve repair , cardiology , functional mitral regurgitation , mitral valve , mitral valve replacement , complication , mitral valve annuloplasty , heart valve , surgery , ejection fraction
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a frequent complication of end‐stage heart failure. Historically, these patients were either managed medically or with mitral valve replacement, both associated with poor outcomes. Mitral valve repair via an ‘undersized’ annuloplasty repair is safe and effectively corrects MR in heart‐failure patients. All of the observed changes contribute to reverse remodeling and restoration of the normal left‐ventricular geometric relationship. Mitral valve repair offers a new strategy for patients with MR and end‐stage heart failure.