Effect of oral tolvaptan for 1 year in patients with functional mitral regurgitation

The effect of the oral selective vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist tolvaptan for chronic phase therapy on patients with FMR remains unclear. We aimed to determine the efficacy of oral tolvaptan in patients with significant functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) to reduce the mortality and rehospitalization due to worsening heart failure (HF). We enrolled 219 patients (mean age 76 ± 9 years, 59.4% men) who were admitted at our hospital due to congestive HF during different two 1-year periods. The patients were divided into 2 groups: those who had significant FMR (MR ≥ grade 2 [ n = 76]) and those who did not (MR