Are patients with mitral regurgitation being referred too late for surgery?
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What are the characteristics of patients with severe, symptomatic, mitral regurgitation who are denied surgery?
AIM To identify the proportion and characteristics of patients with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR) who are denied surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS In the Euro Heart Survey on valvular heart disease, 396 patients had severe symptomatic MR as assessed by Doppler-echocardiography (grade > or =3/4) and New York Heart Association class II or greater. Patient characteristics were analysed...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Cardiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0828-282X
DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(07)70747-x