Ischemic mitral regurgitation(IMR)is a common complication of acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Current evidences suggest that revascularization of the culprit vessels with percutaneous coronary artery intervention(PCI...Ischemic mitral regurgitation(IMR)is a common complication of acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Current evidences suggest that revascularization of the culprit vessels with percutaneous coronary artery intervention(PCI)or coronary artery bypass grafting can be beneficial for relieving IMR.A 2.5-year follow-up data of a 61-year-old male patient with ST-segment elevation AMI complicated with IMR showed that mitral regurgitation area increased five days after PCI,and decreased to lower steady level three months after PCI.This finding suggest that three months after PCI might be a suitable time point for evaluating the possibility oflMR recovery and the necessity of surgical intervention of the mitral valve for AMI patient.展开更多
基金Acknowledgement This project were supported by the President's Grant of Nanfang Hospital(2014H002)the General Education Reform Project of Innovation to Enhance University in Guangdong Province 2015+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2015A030310441)National Natural Science Foundation of China(81570352).
文摘Ischemic mitral regurgitation(IMR)is a common complication of acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Current evidences suggest that revascularization of the culprit vessels with percutaneous coronary artery intervention(PCI)or coronary artery bypass grafting can be beneficial for relieving IMR.A 2.5-year follow-up data of a 61-year-old male patient with ST-segment elevation AMI complicated with IMR showed that mitral regurgitation area increased five days after PCI,and decreased to lower steady level three months after PCI.This finding suggest that three months after PCI might be a suitable time point for evaluating the possibility oflMR recovery and the necessity of surgical intervention of the mitral valve for AMI patient.
