Is the evolution of extra-MV cardiac damage after surgical repair associated with all-cause mortality in patients with primary mitral regurgitation?
Comparative echocardiographic assessment following MV repair is important for risk stratification, as the evolution of extra-MV cardiac damage is independently associated with mortality.
Extra-MV cardiac damage improves significantly after MV repair, and its evolution is independently associated with all-cause mortality, suggesting the importance of comparative echocardiographic assessment following MV repair to improve risk stratification.
Myagmardorj et al. (Thu,) studied this question.