The prognostic importance of the right ventricle for patients with mitral regurgitation undergoing surgical treatment: A speckle tracking study.
BACKGROUND A careful preoperative evaluation of patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) is pivotal to optimize the timing of intervention and clinical outcome. The aim of this study was to evaluate preoperative prognostic parameters, among basic and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), in patients undergoing MR sur...