Mitral valve

Mitral valve annuloplasty

Percutaneous

Surgery

Mitral regurgitation

Cardiology

Environmental health

Heart failure

Population

Internal medicine

Mitral valve regurgitation

Confidence interval

Odds ratio

Hazard ratio

Medicine

Ejection fraction

Mitral valve repair

New England Journal of Medicine

In patients who have chronic heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, severe secondary mitral-valve regurgitation is associated with a poor prognosis. Whether percutaneous mitral-valve repair improves clinical outcomes in this patient population is unknown.

Percutaneous Repair or Medical Treatment for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation