title: Rest and stress echocardiographic predictors of prognosis in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and functional mitral regurgitation.
abstract: We evaluate, in 37 consecutive patients (mean age 67+/-9 years) with functional mitral regurgitation (FMR), several rest and stress echocardiographic predictors of outcome. Rest end-systolic volume, peak stress end-diastolic volume and effective regurgitant orifice were independent predictors of death at 25 months follow-up. Therefore, rest and stress echocardiographic evaluation of patients with FMR provides strong prognostic information.
authors.forename: Eustachio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agricola
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meris
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oppizzi
authors.forename: Tonino
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bombardini
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pisani
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fragasso
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Margonato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D012146:Rest; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality*; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*