Ischaemic heart disease is becoming an increasingly frequent cause of ischaemic mitral regurgitation (IMR). Three different clinical entities of IMR, which deeply affect the clinical decision making, are distinguishable: the acute IMR complicating an acute myocardial infarction, the true IMR secondary to a transient ischaemic phenomenon, and the chronic functional IMR (FIMR). The incidence of the two first entities is low; the third is much more frequent.
History
Publication title
Heart
Volume
94
Issue
11
Pagination
1497-1502
ISSN
1355-6037
Department/School
Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Publisher
B M J Publishing Group
Place of publication
British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London, England, Wc1H 9Jr