2023
Surgical versus Interventional Mitral Valve Repair: Analysis of 1,100 Propensity Score‐Matched Patients
Amabile A, Muncan B, Geirsson A, Kalogeropoulos A, Krane M. Surgical versus Interventional Mitral Valve Repair: Analysis of 1,100 Propensity Score‐Matched Patients. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2023, 2023: 1-7. DOI: 10.1155/2023/8838005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter mitral valve repairSurgical mitral valve repairMitral valve repairValve repairIschemic mitral regurgitationMitral regurgitationPropensity scoreTMVR patientsSurgical patientsMortality rateInterventional mitral valve repairCox proportional hazards modelChronic ischemic mitral regurgitationLow reintervention ratesMitral valve reinterventionMitral valve reoperationHeart failure statusSecondary mitral regurgitationKaplan-Meier estimatesProportional hazards modelBetter survival rateValve reinterventionValve reoperationPreoperative medicationsReintervention rate
2022
Impact of secondary mitral regurgitation on survival in atrial and ventricular dysfunction
Mori M, Zogg C, Amabile A, Fereydooni S, Agarwal R, Weininger G, Krane M, Sugeng L, Geirsson A. Impact of secondary mitral regurgitation on survival in atrial and ventricular dysfunction. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0277385. PMID: 36548259, PMCID: PMC9778994, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary mitral regurgitationVentricular dysfunctionHazard of deathAtrial dysfunctionMitral regurgitationMild secondary mitral regurgitationSevere secondary mitral regurgitationCox proportional hazards modelRisk-adjusted hazardRetrospective cohort studySurvival of patientsProportional hazards modelCohort studyPatient demographicsSeverity strataBetter survivalHazards modelPatientsDysfunctionNatural historyPropensity scoreSeverityDifferent severitySurvivalRegurgitation