title: [Mitral insufficiency].
abstract: Over the past 15 years, outcome of patients with severe mitral insufficiency is significantly improved. This may be due to concomitant advances in many fields of medicine such as a more effective diagnosis and left ventricular function monitoring by means of echocardiography, development of useful guidelines and advances in valve reconstruction techniques. We will discuss some aspects of mitral anatomy, pathophysiology, echocardiographic diagnosis and the proper timing for surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: U.O. di Ecocardiografia, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni, 56, 20089 Rozzano, MI. francesco.faletra@humanitas.it
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faletra
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: La Marchesina
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bragato
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Insufficienza mitralica.