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Clinical Outcome of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation : Critical Importance of Echocardiographic Quantitative Assessment in Routine Practice
Clemence Antoine
1 ,
Giovanni Benfari
1 ,
Hector I. Michelena
1 ,
Joseph F. Maalouf
1 ,
Vuyisile T. Nkomo
1 ,
Prabin Thapa
1 ,
Maurice Enriquez-Sarano
1
September 25 2018
September 25 2018
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Abstract
<p class="first" id="d2814804e103">Echocardiographic quantitation of degenerative
mitral regurgitation (DMR) is recommended
whenever possible in clinical guidelines but is criticized and its scalability to
routine clinical practice doubted. We hypothesized that echocardiographic DMR quantitation,
performed in routine clinical practice by multiple practitioners, predicts independently
long-term survival and thus is essential to DMR management.
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