Mitral Valve Repair and Old Age: a Possible and Useful Combination.
- Guglielmo Actis Dato,
- Giulia Actis Dato
Abstract
Over the last few years cardiac changed radically and so has the average
age of the heart disease population progressively increased. Mitral
valve surgery has a significant margin for progress in conservative vs
replacement strategy. Mitral disease due to insufficiency in the elderly
population has historically suffered from lower repair rates but
deficiency alone should not limit repair operations in a specialized
environment ensuring good survival.11 Sep 2022Submitted to Journal of Cardiac Surgery 12 Sep 2022Submission Checks Completed
12 Sep 2022Assigned to Editor
12 Sep 2022Editorial Decision: Accept