Mitral valve repair has become the operation of choice for mitral regurgitation. It is often
technically more demanding than valve replacement. The role of echocardiography has now …

Valve repair is the best operation currently available for patients with mitral valve disease.
However, repair is technically more difficult than valve replacement and has a risk of early …

Mitral valve repair: Intermediate to long-term echocardiographic follow-up. - Abstract - Europe
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A formal collaboration was established in 1999 between the authors, an echocardiologist
(PMS) and a cardiothoracic surgeon (AAR), to evaluate and provide state-of-the-art surgical …

The purpose of this prospective multicenter study of 350 consecutive patients who were
accepted for mitral valve surgery because of severe regurgitation, was to assess the value of …

Objective--In the present study, we evaluate our ability to predict surgical procedure repair or
replacement using preoperative echocardiography. Design--The reports from transthoracic …

Mitral regurgitation is due to structural or functional abnormalities of the mitral valve
apparatus, including the annulus, leaflets, chordae tendineae, papillary muscles, and …

Echocardiography is an essential tool in managing patients with mitral regurgitation. It
allows identification and precise summation of anatomic lesions that lead to valve …

Objectives. This study was designed to delineate the utility and results of intraoperative
transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of patients undergoing mural valve …

Surgical valve repair for mitral regurgitation has significant advantages over valve
replacement, but little is known about the mechanisms of its failure. This echocardiographic …