The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 131, Issue 3 , Pages 565-573.e2 , March 2006

Is a good perioperative echocardiographic result predictive of durability in ischemic mitral valve repair?

Read at the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Francisco, Calif, April 10-13, 2005.

Received 7 July 2005 ,Revised 10 October 2005 ,Accepted 20 October 2005.

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    Preoperative, early postoperative (within 30 days), and mid-term (28 ± 22 months) follow-up MR grade.

    Preoperative, early postoperative (within 30 days), and mid-term (28 ± 22 months) follow-up MR grade.

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    Kaplan-Meier survival curves according to preoperative NYHA class (A) and postoperative MR grade (B). (A) N = 73 patients. Time “0” represents date of surgery. (B) N = 60 patients having survived to e

    Kaplan-Meier survival curves according to preoperative NYHA class (A) and postoperative MR grade (B). (A) N = 73 patients. Time “0” represents date of surgery. (B) N = 60 patients having survived to echocardiography. Time “0” represents date of latest available echocardiogram.

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    Echocardiographic measurements. RV, Right ventricle; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; LA, left atrium.

    Echocardiographic measurements. RV, Right ventricle; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; LA, left atrium.

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    Kaplan-Meier survival for the overall study group.

    Kaplan-Meier survival for the overall study group.

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    Changes in MR grade.

    Changes in MR grade.

PII: S0022-5223(05)01656-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.09.037

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 131, Issue 3 , Pages 565-573.e2 , March 2006

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