Management and outcomes in patients with moderate or severe functional mitral regurgitation and severe left ventricular dysfunction
Samad Z, Shaw LK, Phelan M, Ersboll M, Risum N, Al-Khalidi HR, Glower DD, Milano CA, Alexander JH, O'Connor CM, Wang A, Velazquez EJ. Management and outcomes in patients with moderate or severe functional mitral regurgitation and severe left ventricular dysfunction. European Heart Journal 2015, 36: 2733-2741. PMID: 26233850, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseSevere mitral regurgitationEvent-free survival benefitHigher event-free survivalSevere functional mitral regurgitationMV surgerySevere LV dysfunctionEvent-free survivalOutcomes of patientsMitral regurgitationFunctional mitral regurgitationIPW adjustmentSystolic dysfunctionLV dysfunctionSurvival benefitEntire cohortTreatment strategiesSevere left ventricular systolic dysfunctionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsSevere left ventricular dysfunctionArtery bypass graft surgeryLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionCox proportional hazards modelIsolated MV surgery