Three-Dimensional Assessment of Left Ventricular Geometry and Annular Dilatation Provides New Mechanistic Insights into the Surgical Correction of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

Raffaele De Simone, Ivo Wolf, R. Hoda, Sibylle Mottl-Link, HP Meinzer, S. Hagl

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon · 2006 · 11 citations · 0 references

Abstract

These findings suggest that ischemic mitral regurgitation was mostly associated with a global left ventricular enlargement, in which annulus dilatation and its reduced contraction play a significant role.