Collateral-dependent ischemic mitral regurgitation

Weinstein, J.M.; Kidman, G.; Ilia, R.

Journal of Invasive Cardiology 26(3): E27-E28

2014


ISSN/ISBN: 1557-2501
PMID: 24610511
Document Number: 673431
There is much debate on the pathogenesis of ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR), usually related to global or regional left ventricular dysfunction or remodeling secondary to chronic ischemic changes, altering the tethering and closing forces on the mitral apparatus. There is a paucity of literature describing MR in the setting of acute ischemia. We describe a case in which the MR was dynamic and directly related to changes in coronary collateral flow.

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