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To the Editor: Ling et al. (Nov. 7 issue)¹ conclude that patients with serious mitral regurgitation due to flail leaflet do better with early surgical management. Their patients in New York Heart Association class I or II had an annual mortality rate of 4.1 percent with medical therapy.

Although in general agreement with the recommendations of Ling et al., Ross in his editorial² expresses reservations about immediate surgery in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with normal left ventricular function (ejection fraction, >60 percent). He suggests annual clinical and echocardiographic examination to detect deteriorating left ventricular function.

We have extensive experience . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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