Cardiopulmonary exercise testing augments watchful waiting in asymptomatic severe primary mitral regurgitation

Jonathan Afoke, Jagdeep Mohal, Gajen Sunthar Kanaganayagam, Roberto Casula, Vito Bruno, Luke Howard, Simon Gibbs, Prakash Punjabi, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, Department of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Galeazzi, Ambrogio Hospital

Perfusion

Published online on October 18, 2023

Abstract

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IntroductionOur aim is to describe the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in watchful waiting for asymptomatic severe primary mitral regurgitation.MethodsBetween October 2016 and October 2017, ten patients with asymptomatic severe primary mitral ...