The role of mitral valve repair in heart failure

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2006 Sep-Oct;47(5):317-20.

Abstract

We report a 71-year-old man with severe mitral valve regurgitation in end stage heart failure intractable to medical treatment. He underwent mitral valve repair, coronary artery bypass grafting and tricuspid annuloplasty, and his postoperative course was uneventful with significant improvement of his symptoms. Mitral valve repair should be considered as a treatment modality in patients with cardiac failure and significant mitral valve regurgitation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Disease Progression
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Failure / complications*
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stroke Volume / physiology