LONG-TERM CHANGES IN LEFT-VENTRICULAR PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR PURE RHEUMATIC MITRAL REGURGITATION

Authors
KONTOZIS L SKOULARIGIS J ESSOP RM BEDHESI S DULLABH A KALLIATAKIS B SARELI P
Citation
L. Kontozis et al., LONG-TERM CHANGES IN LEFT-VENTRICULAR PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR PURE RHEUMATIC MITRAL REGURGITATION, The American journal of cardiology, 77(15), 1996, pp. 1377
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
77
Issue
15
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)77:15<1377:LCILPF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
This study indicates that in patients with severe symptomatic rheumati c mitral regurgitation and good preoperative left ventricular function , postoperative outcome in terms of ventricular size and performance i s superior in younger (less than or equal to 18 years) compared with o lder patients, These differences become apparent only 1 year after sur gery.