PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MITRAL STENOSIS INDICES ON OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS FOLLOWING MITRAL VALVE REPAIR FOR DEGENERATIVE MITRAL REGURGITATION

Background: We have shown that functional mitral stenosis (MS) can occur in patients following mitral valve repairfor degenerative mitral regurgitation. In these patients both mitral valvegradient and calculated mitral valvearea are associated with exercise capacity, intracardiac hemodynamics and