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Table of contents
Chapter one. General introduction and outline the thesis 7
Part I Epidemiology in secondary mitral regurgitation
Chapter two. Sex differences in prognosis of significant secondary mitral 25
regurgitation
Part II Echocardiography and prognosis in secondary mitral regurgitation
Chapter three. Chapter four.
Chapter five.
Chapter six. Chapter seven. Appendix.
Prognostic value of global longitudinal strain in patients with 41 secondary mitral regurgitation
Regurgitant Volume/Left Ventricular End-diastolic Volume 59 Ratio: Prognostic Value in Patients with Secondary Mitral Regurgitation
Part I Letter to the editor: Regurgitant Volume/Left Ventricular 77 End-Diastolic Volume Ratio: The Influence of Aortic Stiffness
Part II Reply to the editor: Regurgitant Volume/Left Ventricular 81 End-Diastolic Volume Ratio: The Influence of Aortic Stiffness
Geometrical mitral valve differences in heart failure patients 93 with secondary mitral regurgitation treated with transcatheter
mitral valve repair
Right ventricular-arterial coupling in patients with significant 117 secondary mitral regurgitation
Summary, conclusions and future perspectives 135 Samenvatting, conclusie en toekomstperspectieven
List of publications, Dankwoord, Curriculum Vitae 145