Surgical Repair of Moderate Mitral Regurgitation at the Time of CABG Lacks Clear Benefit

Ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) is common and associated with poor outcomes among patients undergoing bypass surgery.  However, it remains unknown whether repair of ischemic MR concurrent to CABG leads to better patient outcomes.  To address this important clinical question, this multi-center study randomly assigned 301 patients with moderate ischemic MR to CABG alone or CABG […]

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