Why the study?
Does prosthetic mitral valve replacement improve symptoms and hemodynamics in patients with acquired mitral valvular disease?
Does prosthetic mitral valve replacement improve symptoms and hemodynamics in patients with acquired mitral valvular disease?
Prosthetic mitral valve replacement provides significant symptomatic and hemodynamic improvement in severe acquired mitral valve disease, but carries high mortality and complication rates, restricting its use to severely disabled patients.
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High perioperative mortality warrants caution for mitral valve replacement; leaves open need for contemporary outcome data in survivors.
Morrow et al. (1967) studied this question.
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