Mitral valve repair in patients with low left ventricular ejection fractions: early and late results. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • STUDY OBJECTIVES: This retrospective study was performed to examine the outcome of mitral valve repair (ie, mitral valvuloplasty [MVP]) in relation to preoperative low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). DESIGN AND SETTINGS: From our series of 338 consecutive patients who underwent MVP between 1983 and 2001, we compared the course of 302 patients with preoperative LVEF of > 35% (group I) to that of 36 patients with LVEF of

publication date

  • September 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Cardiac Output, Low
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Emergencies
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Mitral Valve
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 4544304792

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1378/chest.126.3.709

PubMed ID

  • 15364746

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 126

issue

  • 3