Why the study?
Does mitral annuloplasty improve symptoms and survival in patients with mitral valve disease?
Population
89 operative survivors of mitral annuloplasty. Pre-operative NYHA classification: 13 grade 2, 63 grade 3…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months to 14 years
Authors
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Annuloplasty may support reasonable long-term survival in mitral valve disease; leaves open need for randomized trials to confirm benefit.
Does mitral annuloplasty improve symptoms and survival in patients with mitral valve disease?
Mitral annuloplasty provides significant symptomatic improvement and reasonable long-term survival, with 90% survival at 5 years and 60% at 10 years.
Pakrashi et al. (1974) studied this question.
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