Results of mitral valve
surgery for secondary regurgitation with poor left ventricular function
Hideki Kitamura, MD, PhD1, Ai Kagase,
MD2, Mototsugu Tamaki, MD1, Yasuhiko
Kawaguchi, MD1, Chiaki Aichi, MD1
1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart
Center
2Department of Cardiology, Nagoya Heart Center
Sunadabashi 1-1-14, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 461-0045, Japan
Short running title: Secondary mitral regurgitation surgery
Address for Corresponding author: Hideki Kitamura, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center
Sunadabashi 1-1-14, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 461-0045, Japan
Tel: +81-52-719-0810; Fax: +81-52-719-0811; Email:kitamura@heart-center.or.jp
Data availability statement: The data that support the findings
of this study are available from the corresponding author upon
reasonable request.
Funding: The authors received no grant or funding for this
study.
Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest exists.
Meeting Presentation : None.
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