Key result
Surgical correction of mitral regurgitation dramatically improves the life expectancy and quality of life of affected patients.
This review provides an overview of current surgical techniques and future developments for the correction of mitral regurgitation.
May support surgical correction in suitable patients; leaves open optimal techniques and selection pending prospective data.
Mitral regurgitation is a complex disease with many different etiologies, underlying dysfunctions and histologic alterations. Surgical correction of this condition dramatically improves the life expectancy and life quality of affected patients. The structure of the mitral valve lends itself to many surgical techniques. The purpose of this review is to offer readers an overview on this subject.
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Mantovani et al. (2005) studied this question. Surgical correction of mitral regurgitation dramatically improves the life expectancy and quality of life of affected patients.
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