title: The role of mitral valve repair in heart failure.
abstract: We report a 71-year-old man with severe mitral valve regurgitation in end stage heart failure intractable to medical treatment. He underwent mitral valve repair, coronary artery bypass grafting and tricuspid annuloplasty, and his postoperative course was uneventful with significant improvement of his symptoms. Mitral valve repair should be considered as a treatment modality in patients with cardiac failure and significant mitral valve regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: Athens Medical Centre, Athens, Greece. fotiosmitropoulos@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fotios A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mitropoulos
authors.forename: Meletios A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kanakis
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rokkas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology