Mitral valve procedure in dilated cardiomyopathy: repair or replacement?

[1]  F. Khaja,et al.  Left ventricular shape as a determinant of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with severe heart failure secondary to either coronary artery disease or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. , 1991, The American journal of cardiology.

[2]  S. Bolling,et al.  Early outcome of mitral valve reconstruction in patients with end-stage cardiomyopathy. , 1995, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[3]  N. Smedira,et al.  Mitral valve surgery in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. , 2000, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery.

[4]  S. Bolling,et al.  Intermediate-term outcome of mitral reconstruction in cardiomyopathy. , 1998, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[5]  S. Bolling,et al.  Improvement following correction of secondary mitral regurgitation in end-stage cardiomyopathy with mitral annuloplasty. , 1996, The American journal of cardiology.

[6]  E. Buffolo,et al.  A new surgical approach for treating dilated cardiomyopathy with mitral regurgitation. , 2000, Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia.

[7]  A. Mezzetti,et al.  Intermittent antegrade warm blood cardioplegia. , 1995, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[8]  R A Levine,et al.  Insights from three-dimensional echocardiography into the mechanism of functional mitral regurgitation: direct in vivo demonstration of altered leaflet tethering geometry. , 1997, Circulation.

[9]  G. Guiraudon,et al.  Extended vertical transatrial septal approach to the mitral valve. , 1991, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[10]  P. Andersen,et al.  The hemodynamic and prognostic significance of echo-Doppler-proven mitral regurgitation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. , 1993, Cardiology.

[11]  M. Kotler,et al.  Dilated cardiomyopathy with mitral regurgitation: decreased survival despite a low frequency of left ventricular thrombus. , 1991, American heart journal.

[12]  S. Goldstein,et al.  Left ventricular shape is the primary determinant of functional mitral regurgitation in heart failure. , 1992, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[13]  F. Barillà,et al.  Determinants of end‐stage idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: A multivariate analysis of 104 patients , 1989, Clinical cardiology.

[14]  M. Zimarino,et al.  Surgical treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy with conventional techniques. , 1999, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery.