Percutaneous Repair or Medical Treatment for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

Obadia, Jean‐François; Messika–Zeitoun, David; Leurent, Guillaume; Iung, Bernard; Bonnet, Guillaume; Piriou, Nicolas; Lefèvre, Thierry; Piot, Christophe; Rouleau, Frédéric; Carrié, Didier; Nejjari, Mohammed; Ohlmann, Patrick; Leclercq, Florence; Saint Etienne, Christophe; Teíger, Emmanuel; Leroux, Lionel; Karam, Nicole; Michel, Nicolas; Gilard, Martine; Donal, Erwan; Trochu, Jean‐Noël; Cormier, Bertrand; Armoiry, Xavier; Boutitie, Florent; Maucort‐Boulch, Delphine; Barnel, Cécile; Samson, Géraldine; Guérin, Patrice; Vahanian, Alec; Mewton, Nathan

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1805374

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Percutaneous Repair or Medical Treatment for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 27, 2018

Authors:

Jean‐François Obadia

David Messika–Zeitoun

Guillaume Leurent

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In patients who have chronic heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, severe secondary mitral-valve regurgitation is associated with a poor prognosis. Whether percutaneous mitral-valve repair improves clinical outcomes in this patient population is unknown. METHODS:...

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Medicine

Ejection fraction

Hazard ratio

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