Stress echocardiography and myocardial imaging are reviewed as techniques to simplify the assessment of left ventricular function in asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation.
This review highlights the role of stress echocardiography and myocardial imaging in assessing left ventricular function during watchful waiting for asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation.
The management of asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation is showing an increasing trend towards early surgery. However, in situations where either the valve or the patient is not optimal for surgery, watchful waiting remains a reasonable policy. In this situation, the longstanding challenge of assessing left ventricular function in the setting of severe mitral regurgitation has been simplified by a number of investigations, including stress echocardiography and myocardial imaging. This paper reviews the evidence base for each of these techniques.
Lee et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation. Stress echocardiography and myocardial imaging was evaluated. Stress echocardiography and myocardial imaging are reviewed as techniques to simplify the assessment of left ventricular function in asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation.