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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 …

Background The clinical outcome of asymptomatic mitral regurgitation is poorly defined, and
the treatment is uncertain. We studied the effect on the outcome of quantifying mitral …

BACKGROUND Left ventricular dysfunction is a frequent cause of death after successful
surgical repair of mitral regurgitation. The role of preoperative echocardiographic left …

OBJECTIVES.: We attempted to determine the accuracy and pitfalls of calculating the mitral
regurgitant orifice area with the proximal isovelocity surface area method in a clinical series …

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an accurate method for the quantitative
assessment of organic mitral regurgitation (OMR). The aim of the present study was to …

Background Although Doppler color flow mapping is widely used to assess the severity of
mitral regurgitation (MR), a simple, accurate, and quantitative marker of MR by color flow …

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 …

bution of each valve component can be studied by echocardiography and MRI. 14, 15 The
presence and degree of calcification have been shown to have prognostic value in patients …