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Comment
. 2016 Jul;8(7):1410-3.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.05.41.

Mitral valve repair for moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation

Daniel Hernandez-Vaquero  1 , Rocío Díaz  1 , Rubén Álvarez-Cabo  1 , Carlota Vigil-Escalera  1 , Jacobo Silva  1
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Comment

Mitral valve repair for moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation

Daniel Hernandez-Vaquero et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jul.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Pathophysiological mechanisms of ischemic mitral regurgitation and how CABG and MVR can break the vicious circle.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Statistical power to detect differences with 150 patients in each group and a mortality rate of 3% in one group.
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  • Two-Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
    Michler RE, Smith PK, Parides MK, Ailawadi G, Thourani V, Moskowitz AJ, Acker MA, Hung JW, Chang HL, Perrault LP, Gillinov AM, Argenziano M, Bagiella E, Overbey JR, Moquete EG, Gupta LN, Miller MA, Taddei-Peters WC, Jeffries N, Weisel RD, Rose EA, Gammie JS, DeRose JJ Jr, Puskas JD, Dagenais F, Burks SG, El-Hamamsy I, Milano CA, Atluri P, Voisine P, O'Gara PT, Gelijns AC; CTSN. Michler RE, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 19;374(20):1932-41. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602003. Epub 2016 Apr 3. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27040451 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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