Surgical valve replacement in a case of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy with massive left atrial dilatation and secondary mitral regurgitation.

"pmc pmc10129252 pmc10129252 10129252 37083172 37083172 10 5603/cj 2023 0023 cardj-30-2-333 image in cardiovascular medicine clinical cardiology surgical valve replacement in a case of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy with massive left atrial dilatation and secondary mitral regurgitation address for correspondence: stephane noble md structural heart unit cardiology division department of medicine university hospitals of geneva rue gabrielle-perret-gentil 4 1211 geneva switzerland tel: (+41) 795533149 e-mail: stephane noble@hcuge ch 2023 17 4 2023 30 2 333 334 10 12 2022 22 2 2023 copyright (c) 2023 via medica 2023 https://creativecommons org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4 0/ this article is available in open access under creative common attribution-non-commercial-no derivatives4 0 international (cc by-nc-nd 4 0) license allowing to download articles and share them with others as long as they credit the authors and the publisher but without permission to change them in any way or use them commercially a 56-year-old patient known for having idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy for more than 30 years with chronic atrial fibrillation under vitamin-k antagonist was admitted for recurrent heart failure episodes despite optimal medical therapy (carvedilol 50-0-50 mg digoxin 0 25-0-0 mg torasemid 40-0-0 mg dapaglifozine 10-0-0 mg aldactone 25-0-0 mg sacubitril/valsartan 100-0-100 mg)."

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