Valvular heart disease remains common in industrialized countries, because the decrease
in prevalence of rheumatic heart diseases has been accompanied by an increase in that of …

Mitral regurgitation affects more than 2 million people in the USA. The main causes are
classified as degenerative (with valve prolapse) and ischaemic (ie, due to consequences of …

Background—Myocardial infarction (MI) can directly cause ischemic mitral regurgitation
(IMR), which has been touted as an indicator of poor prognosis in acute and early phases …

Evidence-based insights into physical signs have evolved and progressed greatly over the
past few years, further defining how physical findings identify disease, solve clinical …

Background—In case series, mitral regurgitation (MR) increased the risk of death after
myocardial infarction (MI), yet the prevalence of MR, its incremental prognostic value over …

Background—Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) occurs with a structurally normal valve
as a complication of systolic left ventricular dysfunction (LVD). Determinants of degree of …

Aims In patients with heart failure and chronic ischaemic mitral regurgitation (MR), the
mortality risk is related to the quantified severity of MR at rest and its dynamic changes …

Objectives. This study sought to analyze the determinants of pulmonary hypertension in
patients with left ventricular dysfunction. Background. Pulmonary hypertension in patients …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to define the contribution of ischemic mitral
regurgitation (IMR) to the occurrence of congestive heart failure (CHF) after myocardial …

Ischaemic mitral regurgitation is a frequent complication of left ventricular global or regional
pathological remodelling due to chronic coronary artery disease. It is not a valve disease but …