Atrial functional mitral regurgitation: prevalence, characteristics and outcomes from the National Echo Database of Australia.
Avalon MoonenMartin K C NgDavid PlayfordGeoffrey A StrangeGregory M ScaliaDavid S CelermajerPublished in: Open heart (2023)
AFMR is a common cause of significant functional MR that predominantly affects elderly female patients with AF. Advancing age and pulmonary hypertension independently associated with survival in FMR. Prognosis was better in AFMR compared with VFMR; however, this difference was accounted for by LV systolic impairment and not by MR severity.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance
- atrial fibrillation
- blood pressure
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- risk factors
- diffusion weighted
- pulmonary artery
- magnetic resonance imaging
- middle aged
- computed tomography
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- emergency department
- left atrial
- diffusion weighted imaging
- community dwelling
- mitral valve