Figure
6. Management strategy for patients
with chronic severe mitral regurgitation. Abbreviations:
AF = atrial fibrillation, EF = ejection fraction, ESD =
end-systolic diameter, FC = functional class, MV = mitral
valve, NYHA = New York Heart Association, PHT = pulmonary
hypertension.
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