Materials and Methods
From December 2010 to December 2019, all the data recorded in the
computerized medical records of patients undergoing mitral valve
reconstruction in a single cardiac surgery center were retrospectively
collected. All of these consecutive patients (n=893) were contacted by
telephone, directly or through contact with their referring cardiologist
for a remote clinical evaluation and integration of remote
echocardiographic information on the result of mitral surgery. The GVM
Care&Research ethics board approved the study (jan 2020) and, due to
the nature of the study, a written informed consent for the procedure
and study enrollment was waived.