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.