Outcomes of Aortic Regurgitation After Percutaneous Transmitral Commissurotomy: Prospective Cohort
Bryan Rene F Toledano,
Lilian Ville Bacalso,
Maria Johanna Jaluage-Villanueva
et al.
Abstract:PURPOSE: The combined mitral stenosis (MS) and aortic regurgitation (AR) impose opposite loading conditions on the left ventricle. Physiologically, the relief of MS may increase the severity of AR.
METHODS: Participants were Filipinos 19 years or older, admitted because of severe MS with mild to moderate AR. The outcome of percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy (PTMC) was divided into two groups: (1) significant AR that included the increase in severity of AR: mild to moderate/severe or moderate to seve… Show more
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