Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) is a common complication of coronary artery disease and
is the focus of a rapidly increasing amount of research. Mechanistic studies have determined …

Although the use of mitral valve surgery has been successful at alleviating mitral valve
disease, published studies on either replacement or repair have yielded mixed clinical …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

BACKGROUND: Restrictive mitral annuloplasty with revascularization is considered the best
approach to ischemic mitral regurgitation with heart failure, but late results are controversial …

Objective: Ischemic mitral regurgitation can be treated with a restrictive mitral annuloplasty,
with or without coronary revascularization. In this study, the extent of reverse remodeling of …

Background—Residual/recurrent mitral valve regurgitation is observed in 30% after
undersized ring annuloplasty (RING) for ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR). RING …

OBJECTIVE: It is uncertain whether mitral valve replacement is really inferior to mitral valve
repair for the treatment of chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation. This multicenter study aimed …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of
treating or not treating moderate-or-more functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients with …

A comment on this article appears in" Cutting secondary chordae and placing dual taut
stitches between the anterior mitral fibrous annulus and the heads of each papillary muscle …

Mitral regurgitation is the second most common valvular disorder requiring surgical
intervention worldwide. This review summarizes the current understanding of primary …