The appropriateness and timing of mitral valve surgery in patients with advanced heart
failure and severe mitral regurgitation remains controversial. Recent surgical results provide …

This article reviews the recent developments in echocardiography that have maintained this
technology at the forefront of day-to-day imaging in clinical cardiology. The primary reason …

The aim of the study was to assess the impact of mitral regurgitation (MR) on left ventricular
(LV) anatomic and molecular remodeling and function and to determine whether early LV …

Introduction Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common valve abnormality in rheumatic
heart disease (RHD) often associated with stenosis. Although the mechanism by which MR …

Objective The present study aimed to investigate the effect of functional mitral regurgitation
(FMR) on recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) in patients undergoing …

Aims: Correction of mitral and/or tricuspid regurgitation (MR, TR) frequently leads to poor
outcomes in the days following intervention. We sought to understand how abrupt correction …

Cardiac adaptation to increased volume load is encountered in physiologic scenarios such
as growth, pregnancy and aerobic exercise training and in pathological conditions like atrio …

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the second most common valvular disease in western countries
after aortic stenosis. Optimal management of patients with MR depends on the etiology of …

Background Tissue Doppler imaging of systolic mitral annular velocity (Sm) has been shown
to be able to detect early left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in the presence of chronic severe …

Functional mitral regurgitation is a significant complication of end-stage cardiomyopathy.
Dysfunction of one or more components of the mitral valve apparatus occurs in 39–74% and …