Inclusion criteria: Patients a) 21 years old or older, with b) MR observed with color flow imaging, c) due to organic mitral valve disease demonstrated by Echocardiography (not normal valve as in functional or ischemic MR), c) isolated (no valve disease other than functional tricuspid regurgitation by Doppler-Echocardiography), d) pure (no mitral stenosis by Doppler-Echocardiography), e) quantifiable by Doppler-Echocardiography, f) of degree * moderate, defined as RVol * 30 mL/beat, g) occurring on native valves, h) with echocardiographic imaging allowing assessment of LA and LV, and i) asymptomatic (or mildly symptomatic but not considered as candidates for immediate surgery by their attending physician).