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The interventional treatment of mitral valve regurgitation by the MitraClip procedure has
grown rapidly in Germany and Europe during the past years. The MitraClip procedure has …

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

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 …

Cine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a new, rapid MR pulse sequence that acquires
up to 32 images per cardiac cycle at up to four levels of the heart within 4 minutes. In this …

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

Background Mitral regurgitation (MR) conveys adverse prognosis in ischemic heart disease.
Because such MR is related to increased leaflet tethering by displaced attachments to the …

Background—Mechanistic insights from 3D echocardiography (echo) can guide therapy. In
particular, ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) is difficult to repair, often persisting despite …

The aims of the echocardiographic substudy of this multicenter trial were to evaluate the use
of quantitative assessment of mitral regurgitation (MR) severity using serial …