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METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION: OTHER PIECE OF THE JIGSAW

Department of Surgery, Queen’s Hospital, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
The Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
Department of Paediatric, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
Chemical Pathology Department, Mail point 6, Level D South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK, Tel: 44 23 8079 3465, Fax: 44 23 8079 6339, Email: elziber@yahoo.com

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We read with interest the paper by Shin et al in which they stated that the causes of mitral regurgitation were degenerative in 238 (54%), rheumatic in 134 (31%), and others in 65 (15%). Their study extended from January 1994 to January 2002 and included 437 patients with mitral regurgitation¹. The presence of metabolic syndrome in addition to the risk factors mentioned by Shin et al may accelerate the process of mitral regurgitation especially ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR). The clustering . . . [Full Text of this Article]