1. Successful surgical treatment of chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation achieves left ventricular reverse remodeling but does not affect right ventricular function 
Francesco Onorati, MD, Giuseppe Santarpino, MD, Domenico Marturano, MD, Antonino S. Rubino, MD, Eugenia Pasceri, MD, Stefania Zinzi, MD, Giuseppina Mascaro, MD, Lucia Cristodoro, MD, Attilio Renzulli, MD, PhD, FETCS 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 138, Issue 2, Pages (August 2009)
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2. Figure 1
Actuarial survival (A), and freedom from CHF (B), hospitalization (C), and reintervention (D).
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3. Figure 2
Freedom from ≥ 2+ CIMR recurrence (A) and freedom from CHF (B), hospitalization (C), and reintervention (D) between patients with and without CIMR recurrence. CIMR, Chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation.
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4. Figure 3
Actuarial freedom from CHF (A), hospitalization (B), and recurrent CIMR (C) between patients with preoperative LVEDD ≥ 70 mm and patients with preoperative LVEDD < 70 mm. LVEDD, Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter.
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