One-year outcomes of concomitant mitral reduction annuloplasty repair with coronary artery bypass grafting for moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation

Mitral reduction annuloplasty concomitant to surgical myocardial revascularization may be sufficient to correct moderate IMR. It is associated with substantial improvement in early and intermediate-term survival rates, left ventricular functions, NYHA class and low incidence of recurrent MR.