Abstract:Purpose: We investigated whether mitral annuloplasty (MAP) should be performed for mild ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR). Methods: We selected 57 patients with preoperatively mild IMR. Twenty-eight patients who previously had moderate MR or more, underwent MAP (group 1) while 29 patients with persistent mild MR, did not (group 2). We reviewed MR changes and outcomes of these patients. We also investigated other IMR patients with preoperatively moderate or more MR as reference data (group 3). Results: In gro… Show more
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