2 Minute Medicine | Early surgery provides long-term survival, lower risk of heart failure in ... News-Medical.net Patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation who are otherwise healthy should have mitral valve repair surgery sooner rather than later, even if they feel no symptoms, a Mayo Clinic-led study by U.S. and European researchers found. The results ... Surgery for heart valve disorder associated with greater long-term survival Early surgical intervention for mitral regurgitation associated with greater ... Early surgery bests "watchful waiting" in severe MR patients without symptoms |