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Reversibility of Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Single-Centre Observations From a Real-Life Population of Patients

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx476

Author(s)

Monica Dobrovie, Ricardo A Spampinato, Elena Efimova, Jaqueline G da Rocha e Silva, Julia Fischer, Michael Kuehl, Jens-Uwe Voigt, Ann Belmans, Agnieszka Ciarka, Fernanda Bonamigo Thome Valerie Schloma, Yaroslava Dmitrieva, Sven Lehmann, Jochen Hahn, Elfriede Strotdrees, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr, Jens Garbade, Anna L Meyer

Dobrovie and colleagues performed a retrospective analysis of mitral regurgitation (MR) in 128 patients who had a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implanted. The authors found that even severe MR improved following LVAD implantation without intraoperative repair of the valve. Survival after one and three years for patients with severe preoperative MR was comparable to LVAD patients with none to moderate preoperative MR.