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Effect of systematic downsizing rigid ring annuloplasty in patients with moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Source URL: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(13)00589-8/abstract

Author(s)

Denis Bouchard, Henrik Jensen, Michel Carrier, Philippe Demers, Michel Pellerin, Louis P. Perrault, Jean Lambert

Appropriate management of functional ischemic MR at the time of CABG is unknown. This study randomized 31 patients with moderate functional ischemic MR to CABG alone or in combination with ring annuloplasty. Moderate differences in outcomes were evident at 3 months, but at 12 months the groups were similar in LVEF and MR improvement.