Should the mitral valve be repaired for moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation at the time of revascularization surgery?
Mohammad Yousuf SalmasiAmer HarkyMohammed F ChowdhuryAli AbdelnourAnastasia BenjafieldFarah SukerStephanie HubbardHunaid A VohraPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2018)
Our results show that in the presence of moderate IMR, adding MVr to revascularization reduces MR grade on follow-up echocardiography and promotes ventricular remodeling, with no improvement in long-term survival or functional class.
Keyphrases
- mitral valve
- left ventricular
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- high intensity
- coronary artery bypass
- minimally invasive
- left atrial
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- contrast enhanced
- catheter ablation
- oxidative stress
- cerebral ischemia
- blood brain barrier
- subarachnoid hemorrhage