In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased mortality and morbidity and this is also the case in patients in whom AF persists postoperatively.

In addition, before the development of prosthetic mitral-valve replacement, pure or predominant mitral regurgitation could not consistently be relieved by operation, and although it was clear that ...

This type of mitral regurgitation may also occur ... This may involve a surgeon replacing or repairing a person’s mitral valve. Mitral valve repair surgery may involve a surgeon using a clip ...