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Functional mitral regurgitation: should all valves be replaced?

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In the first multicentre, randomized trial to compare undersized annuloplasty versus mitral replacement in severe ischaemic mitral regurgitation (MR), higher recurrence of clinically significant MR and increased rehospitalization occurred after repair. With the rapid development of transcatheter mitral valve interventions, valve replacement might be the preferable transcatheter mitral valve therapy.

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Figure 1: Pathophysiology of functional mitral regurgitation.

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  1. Maurizio Taramasso and Francesco Maisano are at the Cardiovascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.,

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Taramasso, M., Maisano, F. Functional mitral regurgitation: should all valves be replaced?. Nat Rev Cardiol 13, 65–66 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2015.206

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