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Determining the severity of regurgitation is perhaps the most delicate aspect of the diagnosis: in severe insufficiency it is the sine qua non condition when considering surgical intervention. Furthermore, whatever the etiology, the presence of severe mitral valve insufficiency causes an increase in mortality even in asymptomatic patients with normal systolic pressure.
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Faletra, F.F., Pasotti, E. (2013). Determining the Severity of Mitral Valve Insufficiency. In: Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Disease. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5435-6_4
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