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2. Mitral valve repair in heart failure.

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Smolens, Iva A., Pagani, Francis D., Bolling, Steven F., Smolens, I A, Pagani, F D, and Bolling, S F

Subjects
*MITRAL valve, *HEART failure patients, *MITRAL valve insufficiency, *HEART disease complications, *LEFT heart ventricle, *HOSPITAL care, *LIFE expectancy, *MITRAL valve surgery, *HEART failure, *PROSTHETIC heart valves, *LONGITUDINAL method, *INTRAOPERATIVE care, *TIME, *TREATMENT effectiveness, *DISEASE complications
Abstract

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. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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2000
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