Prognostic comparison of atrial and ventricular functional mitral regurgitation.
Chisato OkamotoAtsushi OkadaKunihiro NishimuraKenji MoriuchiMasashi AmanoHiroyuki TakahamaMakoto AmakiTakuya HasegawaHideaki KanzakiTomoyuki FujitaJunjiro KobayashiSatoshi YasudaChisato IzumiPublished in: Open heart (2021)
The prognosis of V-FMR was significantly worse than that of A-FMR, and prognostic predictors were different between V-FMR and A-FMR. Our study suggests the importance of discriminating A-FMR and V-FMR, and that different treatment strategies may be considered for each aetiology.