Predictors of hospital mortality after surgery for ischemic
mitral regurgitation
Running head: ischemic mitral regurgitation surgery
Abdelsalam M. Elhenawy1,2 MD, MSc (Surg), MSc (Epi),
PhD. E-mail,
a_elhenawy@hotmail.com
Khaled Algarni1 MD, MHSc. E-mail,
khaledga999@hotmail.com
Vivek Rao1 MD, PhD. E-mail, vivek.rao@uhn.ca Terrence
M. Yau1 MD, MSc. E-mail, terry.yau@uhn.ca
1Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk
Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Al Azhar
University, Cairo, Egypt.
This manuscript abstract was presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular
Congress, Vancouver, Canada, October 2011.
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Address correspondence to: Dr. Elhenawy, PhD, Edmonton, AB, T6J 2E4
Canada. Tel: 780.200.6771