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Personalised surgical treatment of functional mitral regurgitation
Functional MR is a common phenomenon and can be classified as either ischaemic or non-ischaemic, based on aetiology of LV remodelling. Regardless of aetiology, functional MR carries a poor prognosis.
The primary step in the treatment of patients with functional MR consists of optimal medical and device therapy. In patients with persistence of MR despite optimal medical and device therapy, surgical treatment options can be considered. Over the past decades, many surgical treatment options have been developed, of which mitral valve repair by implantation of a restrictive mitral annuloplasty (RMA) ring forms the mainstay.
In this thesis an integrated...Show moreFunctional mitral regurgitation (MR) – also referred to as secondary MR – is a disease condition which results from a combination of annular dilatation, papillary muscle displacement with increased systolic leaflet tethering, and reduced closing forces, due to regional or global left ventricular (LV) remodelling.
Functional MR is a common phenomenon and can be classified as either ischaemic or non-ischaemic, based on aetiology of LV remodelling. Regardless of aetiology, functional MR carries a poor prognosis.
The primary step in the treatment of patients with functional MR consists of optimal medical and device therapy. In patients with persistence of MR despite optimal medical and device therapy, surgical treatment options can be considered. Over the past decades, many surgical treatment options have been developed, of which mitral valve repair by implantation of a restrictive mitral annuloplasty (RMA) ring forms the mainstay.
In this thesis an integrated medico-surgical approach for patients with functional MR was examined, consisting of optimal medical and device therapy combined with RMA, and additional surgical interventions when indicated. The indication for each surgical intervention was determined after careful balancing of treatment options by the multidisciplinary Heart Team – consisting of heart failure specialists, interventional cardiologists, arrhythmia cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. Focus of this thesis was to determine (long-term) clinical and echocardiographic outcomes after this approach and to identify which patients are (un)likely to benefit from it.
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- All authors
- Petrus, A.H.J.
- Supervisor
- Klautz, R.J.M.; Braun, J.
- Co-supervisor
- Tops, L.F.
- Committee
- Dekkers, O.M.; Alfieri, O.; Brink, R.B. van den
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Faculty of Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center [LUMC] , Leiden University
- Date
- 2020-06-23
- ISBN (print)
- 9789463756396