A regression model to predict diameter of mitral valve prosthesis preoperatively: an aid to clinical decision making.

Aim: Accurate estimation of the prosthetic valve size pre - operatively can aid to the efficiency and effectiveness to mitral valve surgery. Traditionally Two dimensional Echocardiography is being used for this purpose but cannot be claimed as optimum tool. This study computes and analyses several linear regression equations in order to obtain a best fit model for predicting mitral Original Research Article