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Does mitral valve repair reduce mitral regurgitation, left atrial size, and heart failure symptoms in patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation and chronic atrial fibrillation?
Does mitral valve repair reduce mitral regurgitation, left atrial size, and heart failure symptoms in patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation and chronic atrial fibrillation?
Mitral valve repair may be beneficial for reducing regurgitation, left atrial size, and heart failure symptoms in patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation.
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May support MV repair for symptom relief in atrial functional MR with AF; hypothesis-generating, requiring RCTs before practice change.
Our results suggest that MV repair leads to reductions in MR, LA size and HF symptoms, and that it may prevent future HF events in patients with atrial functional MR.
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