Transient Severe Mitral Regurgitation after Mitral Valve Repair Is Associated with a Poor Clinical Outcome: A Small Case Series

Abstract

These data suggest that despite the immediate improvement in MR and SAM, it is the degree of transient MR that further stratifies patients into good or poor long-term outcomes.

Mitral annular longitudinal function preservation after mitral valve repair: The MARTE study

“…Therefore, postoperative changes in these indices may be hypothesized to better reflect changes in intrinsic LV contractile performance than LV EF, although its direct relationship with mitral valve repair remains debated [11,12].…”