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
2021
Survival of Patients With Mild Secondary Mitral Regurgitation With and Without Mild Tricuspid Regurgitation
Mori M, Weininger G, Agarwal R, Shang M, Amabile A, Kahler-Quesada A, Yousef S, Pichert M, Vallabhajosyula P, Zhang Y, Sugeng L, Geirsson A. Survival of Patients With Mild Secondary Mitral Regurgitation With and Without Mild Tricuspid Regurgitation. Canadian Journal Of Cardiology 2021, 37: 1513-1521. PMID: 34119634, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild secondary mitral regurgitationLeft ventricular ejection fractionSecondary mitral regurgitationMild tricuspid regurgitationNormal left ventricular ejection fractionTricuspid regurgitationHazard of deathGroup 1Valvular abnormalitiesMitral regurgitationGroup 2Mean age 61 yearsGroup 4Cox proportional hazards modelGroup 1 patientsGroup 2 patientsGroup 3 patientsGroup 4 patientsAge 61 yearsRetrospective cohort studySurvival of patientsSubgroup of patientsProportional hazards modelCohort studyHealth care network