Etiology and short-term prognosis of severe mitral regurgitation.

Purpose: To describe the etiology and to document the course of severe mitral regurgitation (MR).

Methods: Prospective registry of 272 patients diagnosed with chronic severe MR in an echocardiographic study.

Results: Mean age was 70.

[Influence of gender on the etiology of mitral regurgitation].

Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of the different causes of severe mitral regurgitation and the influence of gender on that prevalence. We performed a prospective study of 272 consecutive patients with severe mitral regurgitation that had been detected echocardiographically. Their mean age was 70.