Surgical mitral plasticity for chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation.

Antonio Maria CalafioreAntonio TotaroVincenzo De AmicisPiero PeliniGiovanni PinnaNicola TestaJuan J AlfonsoValerio MazzeiCosimo SacraMario F L Gaudino Michele Di Mauro

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)

Mitral plasticity, if uncomplete, is ineffective in preventing IMR to become significant. Surgical mitral plasticity, by completing incomplete process of MV adaptation, has a strong rationale, which however needs to be validated with longer follow-up.

Keyphrases

mitral valve
left ventricular
left atrial
aortic stenosis
clinical trial
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
heart failure
ejection fraction
aortic valve
ischemia reperfusion injury
oxidative stress
brain injury
cerebral ischemia