Successful surgical treatment of chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation achieves left ventricular reverse remodeling but does not affect right ventricular function Francesco Onorati, MD, Giuseppe Santarpino, MD, Domenico Marturano, MD, Antonino S. Rubino, MD, Eugenia Pasceri, MD, Stefania Zinzi, MD, Giuseppina Mascaro, MD, Lucia Cristodoro, MD, Attilio Renzulli, MD, PhD, FETCS The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 138, Issue 2, Pages 341-351 (August 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.034 Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Actuarial survival (A), and freedom from CHF (B), hospitalization (C), and reintervention (D). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 341-351DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.034) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Freedom from ≥ 2+ CIMR recurrence (A) and freedom from CHF (B), hospitalization (C), and reintervention (D) between patients with and without CIMR recurrence. CIMR, Chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 341-351DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.034) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Actuarial freedom from CHF (A), hospitalization (B), and recurrent CIMR (C) between patients with preoperative LVEDD ≥ 70 mm and patients with preoperative LVEDD < 70 mm. LVEDD, Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 341-351DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.034) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions