Is commissural closure associated with mitral annuloplasty a durable technique for the treatment of mitral regurgitation?
Commissural closure repair combined with annuloplasty provides excellent clinical and echocardiographic long-term results in patients with MR due to commissural lesions.
This study demonstrates that breast cancer patients receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy experience adverse effects on both right atrial size and RV function. Further studies are required to determine the impact of these adverse effects on right heart function and whether this represents an earlier marker of cardiotoxicity.