A prospective study examining the role of myocardial Fibrosis in outcome following mitral valve repair IN DEgenerative mitral Regurgitation: rationale and design of the mitral FINDER study

A prospective study examining the role of myocardial Fibrosis in outcome following mitral valve repair IN DEgenerative mitral Regurgitation: rationale and design of the mitral FINDER study

Abstract Background The optimal management of chronic severe primary degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) is to repair the valve but identification of the optimal timing of surgery remains challenging. Current guidelines suggest ‘watchful waiting’ until the onset of symptoms or left ventricular (L...

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Main Authors: Boyang Liu, Nicola C. Edwards, Desley A. H. Neal, Christopher Weston, Gerard Nash, Nicolas Nikolaidis, Thomas Barker, Ramesh Patel, Moninder Bhabra, Richard P. Steeds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
Primary mitral regurgitation
Timing of surgery
Myocardial fibrosis
Cardiac MRI
Ventricular reverse remodelling
Extracellular volume
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-017-0715-y

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