Status:

UNKNOWN

The Effects of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation on Cardiac Structure and Function, Symptoms, and Exercise Capacity

Lead Sponsor:

Atlantic Health System

Conditions:

Mitral Regurgitation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommend that patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation be considered for mitral valve surgery. There remains...

Detailed Description

Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend that patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation be considered for mitral valve surgery. There remains a debate within the cardiology community regardin...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age \>=18 yrs
  • able to give informed consent
  • Diagnoses of moderate or severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (based on the integrated approach recommended by the American Society of Echocardiography)

Exclusion

  • Left ventricular ejection fraction \<60%
  • Heart failure
  • Pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery systolic pressure \>40mmHg at rest or \>60mmHg with exercise as assessed by echocardiography)
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Concomitant \> mild aortic or mitral stenosis, \>mild aortic or tricuspid or pulmonic regurgitation
  • Prior valvular heart disease surgery
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or an infiltrative cardiomyopathy
  • Unable to exercise on a treadmill
  • Symptomatic coronary artery disease
  • Comorbidities expected to impact functional capacity and confound symptom assessment (e.g COPD)
  • Expected lifespan of less than 2 years

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 7 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04051411

Start Date

August 7 2019

End Date

January 1 2024

Last Update

August 21 2019

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Morristown Medical Center

Morristown, New Jersey, United States, 07960