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Background:
In general, patients referred to cardiac surgery are aging. An increasing number of patients are now older than 70 years. [1]This older population of patients undergoing cardiac surgery often has several comorbidities and has an increased risk of complications and mortality compared to
It is estimated that approximately 4 out of 10 people with an enlarged heart due to heart failure develop MR, referred to as secondary MR. This type of MR is caused by enlargement of the left ventricle (LV), one of the heart's main chambers. In turn, the enlargement leads to stretching of certain
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic cardiac disease characterized by left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. There is often associated LV diastolic dysfunction and myocardial ischemia. The severity of the LV hypertrophy, diastolic dysfunction, and myocardial ischemia are important determinants