A Unifying Concept for the Quantitative Assessment of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation - Bartko, Philipp E.; Arfsten, Henrike; Heitzinger, Gregor; Pavo, Noemi; Toma, Aurel; Strunk, Guido; Hengstenberg, Christian; Hülsmann, Martin; Goliasch, Georg (Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2019)
Keywords: Aged; Algorithms; Beta blockers; Cardiology; Cardiovascular; Congestive heart failure; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color - methods; Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional - methods; effective regurgitant orifice area; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart failure; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - etiology; Heart Failure - physiopathology; heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; Humans; Integrated approach; Laboratories; Male; Middle Aged; mitral insufficiency; Mitral Valve - diagnostic imaging; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - complications; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - diagnosis; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - physiopathology; Mortality; proximal isovelocity surface area; Pulmonary arteries; regurgitant fraction; regurgitant volume; Regurgitation; Risk Factors; Risk groups; secondary mitral regurgitation; Severity of Illness Index; Software; Statistical analysis; Stroke Volume; Thoracic surgery; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; New York; United States--US; NYHA; ACC; PISA; mitral insufficiency; GDMT; MR; CI; RegFrac; proximal isovelocity surface area; HR; LV; VCW; HFrEF; ASE; RegVol; regurgitant fraction; secondary mitral regurgitation; regurgitant volume; effective regurgitant orifice area; sMR; AHA; heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; EROA; ESC/EACTS; European Society of Cardiology/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; New York Heart Association; left ventricular; vena contracta width; mitral regurgitation; American College of Cardiology; guideline-directed medical therapy; American Heart Association; hazard ratio; confidence interval; American Society of Echocardiography