Right ventricular mechanical pattern in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery: a predictor of post-operative dysfunction?
Marton TokodiEndre NémethBálint Károly LakatosErika KispálZoltán TősérLevente StaubKristóf RáczÁdám SoltészSzabolcs SzigetiTamás VargaJános GálBela MerkelyAttila KovácsPublished in: ESC heart failure (2020)
MVR induces a significant shift in the RV mechanical pattern. Advanced indices of RV mechanics are associated with invasively measured parameters of RV contractility and may predict post-operative RVD.