In this issue of JACC: Heart Failure, Grayburn et al.(1) put forth a new conceptual framework
that categorizes secondary (functional) mitral regurgitation (MR) as either proportionate or …

Background: The clinical significance of concomitant mitral regurgitation (MR) has not been
well addressed in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). Methods and Results: We …

Mitral regurgitation is common and is associated with excess morbidity and mortality.
Despite these poor outcomes, only a minority of affected patients undergo mitral surgery, for …

Background Recently, an artifactual horizontal extension of the color Doppler signal was
described in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR), called color Doppler splay (CDS). This …

Mitral commissural prolapse or flail, either isolated or combined with more extensive
degenerative valve disease, imposes several challenges both on its diagnosis and …

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is distinguished by ventricular chamber expansion, systolic
dysfunction, and normal left ventricular (LV) wall thickness, and is mainly caused due to …

Echocardiography (ECHO) is indispensable for evaluation of patients with terminal chronic
heart failure (HF) who require transplantation or mechanical circulatory support by a left-or …

Abstract Objective The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network reported that left ventricular
reverse remodeling at 2 years did not differ between patients with moderate ischemic mitral …

Background Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) is currently offered at selected centers
that meet certain operator and institutional requirements. We sought to explore the …

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the most frequent indications for valve surgery in
developed countries, and echocardiographic assessment is an essential tool to evaluate its …