Prognostic Implications of Left Ventricular Myocardial Work Indices in Patients With Secondary Mitral Regurgitation.

Idit YedidyaRodolfo P LustosaFederico FortuniPieter van der BijlFarnaz NamaziNgoc Mai VoMaria Chiara MeucciNina Ajmone MarsanJeroen J Bax Victoria Delgado

Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging (2021)

Patients with severe SMR had the worst LV GWI and LV GCW but better LV GWW and global work efficiency reflecting the unloading of the LV in the low-pressure left atrial chamber. These parameters were independently associated with worse long-term survival in patients with SMR.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
left atrial
mitral valve
atrial fibrillation
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
acute myocardial infarction
heart failure
cardiac resynchronization therapy
catheter ablation
early onset