Does repair of mitral regurgitation eliminate the need for left ventricular volume reduction?
Patients with no preoperative MR were found to benefit from PLV as did patients with significant MR. Beneficial effects of PLV appeared to derive mainly from volume reduction rather than abolished MR in this study.
VMH-lesioned rats are resistant to AGML formation due to increased cell proliferation in gastric mucosa through elevating the levels of defensive factors over those of aggressive factors.