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01-09-2010 | Case Report

Exercise echocardiography in the evaluation of severity of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure

Authors: Yumiko Kobayashi, Yasushi Sakata, Yasuharu Takeda, Toshiaki Mano, Jun Yokogawa, Goro Matsumiya, Yoshiki Sawa, Satoshi Nakatani, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Issei Komuro

Published in: Journal of Echocardiography | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

We present two cases with ischemic cardiomyopathy and similar functional mitral regurgitation (fMR) at rest, who represented different outcomes following mitral valve repair. In case 1, fMR was enhanced during exercise echocardiography, and his symptoms were improved following the repair and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). In case 2, fMR did not change during exercise, and the improvement of his symptoms was small following the operation. Exercise echocardiography evidenced variability of the dynamic changes in fMR in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. The variability may be related to the outcome of the mitral valve repair.

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Title: Exercise echocardiography in the evaluation of severity of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure
Authors: Yumiko Kobayashi
Yasushi Sakata
Yasuharu Takeda
Toshiaki Mano
Jun Yokogawa
Goro Matsumiya
Yoshiki Sawa
Satoshi Nakatani
Kazuhiro Yamamoto
Issei Komuro
Publication date: 01-09-2010
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Journal of Echocardiography / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 1349-0222
Electronic ISSN: 1880-344X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-010-0037-x

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Exercise echocardiography in the evaluation of severity of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure

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