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Table 1

From: Severe acute mitral regurgitation complicating acute myocardial infarction: case for aggressive therapy

Patient (9/2001–10/2002)

AMI

IRA

MI to shock

Shock/MODS

Outcome

Valve replacement

50-year-old male

Anterior

LAD

< 1 day

+/+

Survived

+

57-year-old male

Posterior

LCx

3 days

+/+

Survived

+

70-year-old female

Inferior

LCx

3 weeks

+/-

Survived

+

38-year-old male

Lateral

LCx

Immediately

+/+

Died

-

60-year-old male

Anterior

LAD

Immediately

-

Died

-

54-year-old female

Lateral

LCx

3 weeks

+/-

Survived

+

  1. LCx, left circumflex (coronary) artery.