eComment: Continued postoperative left ventricle remodeling affects the initial good outcome of the restrictive mitral valve annuloplasty.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital of Cardiovascular Disease, No. 34, IMSS, Monterrey, Mexico.
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D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*