Preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction and left atrium reverse remodeling after mitral regurgitation surgery

Left atrium enlargement has been associated with cardiac events in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). Left atrium reverse remodeling (LARR) occur after surgical correction of MR, but the preoperative predictors of this phenomenon are not well known. It is therefore important to identify preope...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014-11, Vol.12 (1), p.45-45, Article 45
Hauptverfasser: Machado, Lucia R, Meneghelo, Zilda M, Le Bihan, David C S, Barretto, Rodrigo B M, Carvalho, Antonio C, Moises, Valdir A
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Zusammenfassung:Left atrium enlargement has been associated with cardiac events in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). Left atrium reverse remodeling (LARR) occur after surgical correction of MR, but the preoperative predictors of this phenomenon are not well known. It is therefore important to identify preoperative predictors for postoperative LARR. We enrolled 62 patients with chronic severe MR (prolapse or flail leaflet) who underwent successful mitral valve surgery (repair or replacement); all with pre- and postoperative echocardiography. LARR was defined as a reduction in left atrium volume index (LAVI) of ≥ 25%. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of LARR. LARR occurred in 46 patients (74.2%), with the mean LAVI decreasing from 85.5 mL/m2 to 49.7 mL/m2 (p
ISSN:1476-7120
1476-7120
DOI:10.1186/1476-7120-12-45