“…Frequently, MR is present in the early phases of AMI, though its incidence is dependent upon the detection technique. Mitral regurgitation, within several days to one week after AMI, has been reported to be present in 9% to 55% of patients by auscultation (11,21,22), and in 20% to 56% of patients by echocardiography (11,23,24). More recently, two angiographic studies have detected MR in 13% and 17.9% of patients within 7 h of admission for AMI (9,10), and in 19.4% of patients at a mean of four days (12).…”