Moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation and coronary artery bypass surgery: effect of mitral repair on clinical outcome.

Marisa Di Donato, Alessandro Frigiola, Lorenzo Menicanti, Ahmed Boghdabi, Toni Badía, Anna Neagu, Vincenzo Montericcio, Marco Ranucci

PubMed · 2003 · 42 citations · 0 references

Abstract

The results of this case-control study showed that, in a homogeneous series of patients with moderate ischemic MR, repair of the mitral valve at the time of CABG leads to a better clinical status due to an improved hemodynamic profile.