January 1, 2015MedicinaOpen Access

Functional (ischemic) mitral regurgitation in acute phase of myocardial infarction: Associated clinical factors and in-hospital outcomes

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Why the study?

Does the presence and severity of functional mitral regurgitation worsen in-hospital outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction?

Population

569 patients with first ever acute myocardial infarction

Comparison

Mild mitral regurgitation and moderate-severe… vs No mitral regurgitation

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

in-hospital

Authors

ŽVŽivilė ValuckienėGlobal Virus Network DUDominyka UrbonaitėLithuanian University of Health Sciences RJRenaldas JurkevičiusLithuanian University of Health Sciences

Discussion

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Implication

Moderate-severe MR may flag higher in-hospital risk in AMI; observational data leaves open whether targeted intervention improves outcomes.

Structured PICO

Does the presence and severity of functional mitral regurgitation worsen in-hospital outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction?

Population

569 patients with first ever acute myocardial infarction

Intervention

Mild mitral regurgitation (regurgitant orifice area <0.2 cm²) and moderate-severe mitral regurgitation (regurgitant orifice area ≥0.2 cm²)

Comparator

No mitral regurgitation

Outcome

Adverse in-hospital outcomes including in-hospital cardiac death and decompensated heart failurehard clinical

Moderate to severe functional mitral regurgitation in the acute phase of myocardial infarction is a significant clinical contributor to in-hospital cardiac death and decompensated heart failure.

Cite This Study

Valuckienė et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ed60697682490dbc07b71 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.02.003

Topics

Atrial fibrillation Persistent AF management Coronary artery disease Mitral valve intervention

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Moderate-severe MR may flag higher in-hospital risk in AMI; observational data leaves open whether targeted intervention improves outcomes.

Functional (ischemic) mitral regurgitation in acute phase of myocardial infarction: Associated clinical factors and in-hospital outcomes

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Functional (ischemic) mitral regurgitation in acute phase of myocardial infarction: Associated clinical factors and in-hospital outcomes

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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