Sex-based outcomes of mitral surgery for ischaemic mitral regurgitation: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 15; no. 5; p. e097759
• Main Authors: Rahmouni, Kenza, Gauthier, Nicolas Mathieu, Kang, Navneet, Voisine, Pierre, Edwards, Jodi, Ramsay, Tim, Chan, Vincent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 07.05.2025; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Cardiac Epidemiology; Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Medicine; Coronary vessels; Female; Health sciences; Heart failure; Human subjects; Humans; Ischemia; Librarians; Male; Medical prognosis; Meta-analysis; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Mitral Valve - surgery; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - mortality; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Mortality; Myocardial Ischemia - complications; Myocardial Ischemia - surgery; Patients; Protocol; Recurrence; Reoperation - statistics & numerical data; Research Design; Sex Factors; Subject heading schemes; SURGERY; Surgical outcomes; Systematic Review; Systematic Reviews as Topic; Treatment Outcome; Womens health; SURGERY; Cardiac Epidemiology; Cardiac surgery; Systematic Review
• ISSN: 2044-6055; 2044-6055
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097759

IntroductionPatients with ischaemic mitral regurgitation (MR) have markedly increased cardiovascular mortality compared with those with primary MR. The sex-based prognosis of patients with ischaemic MR undergoing mitral surgery remains unclear. The goal of this systematic review is to evaluate long-...