Primary mitral valve regurgitation: Update and review

Authors

  • Andrew D Maslow Section of Cardiac Anesthesia, Rhode Island and Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI
  • Athena Poppas Section of Cardiac Anesthesia, Rhode Island and Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2017.3

Abstract

Mitral regurgitation is the second most common valvular disorder requiring surgical intervention worldwide. This review summarizes the current understanding of primary, degenerative mitral regurgitation with respect to etiology, comprehensive assessment, natural history and management. The new concept of staging of the valvular disorders, newer predictors of adverse and controversy of ‘‘watchful waiting’’ versus ‘‘early surgical intervention’’ for severe, asymptomatic, primary mitral regurgitation are addressed. 

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Published

2017-05-15

Issue

Vol. 2017 No. 1 (2017)

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Review articles

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.