Does mitral annuloplasty alone achieve long-term correction of mitral regurgitation in patients with atrial functional MR, chronic AF, LV dilatation, and excessive leaflet tethering?
Mitral annuloplasty alone may be insufficient for long-term correction of atrial functional MR in patients with concurrent LV dilatation and excessive leaflet tethering.
In patients with the combination of atrial functional MR, left ventricular dilatation and excessive leaflet tethering, mitral annuloplasty alone may not be sufficient to achieve long-term correction of MR.
Sakaguchi et al. (Mon,) studied this question.