Background Ischemic mitral regurgitation is associated with a substantial risk of death.
Practice guidelines recommend surgery for patients with a severe form of this condition but …

Background In a randomized trial comparing mitral-valve repair with mitral-valve
replacement in patients with severe ischemic mitral regurgitation, we found no significant …

Background Ischemic mitral regurgitation is associated with increased mortality and
morbidity. For surgical patients with moderate regurgitation, the benefits of adding mitral …

The optimal surgical strategy for the management of ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) is
still debated. The purpose of this study was to perform a meta-analysis summarizing the …

Background In a trial comparing coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) alone with CABG
plus mitral-valve repair in patients with moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation, we found no …

Severe mitral regurgitation caused by acute myocardial infarction has been a particularly
difficult management problem with disappointing clinical results. Over a 75-month period …

BACKGROUND: We compared mitral repair to replacement in patients with chronic ischemic
mitral regurgitation (IMR), due to left ventricular dysfunction (LV-IMR) or papillary muscle …

Objective: This study was undertaken to compare mitral valve repair and replacement as
treatments for ischemic mitral regurgitation. Methods: From 1985 through 1997, a total of 482 …

Abstract Objectives The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network recently reported no
difference in the primary end point of left ventricular end-systolic volume index at 1 year …

Objectives We aimed to assess the influence of type of operation on outcome in
degenerative mitral regurgitation. Methods We compared outcomes in 278 consecutive …