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Modified Haller Index (MHI; chest transverse diameter over the distance between sternum and spine) was noninvasively assessed. During the follow-up, we evaluated the occurrence of any of the following: (1) CV hospitalization, (2) mitral valve (MV) surgery, and (3) cardiac death or sudden death.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four hundred and twenty-four consecutive patients (66.8 \u00b1 11.5 years, 48.3% men) were retrospectively analyzed. Overall, MVP patients had concave-shaped chest wall (MHI = 2.55 \u00b1 0.34) and were found with small cardiac chamber dimensions. During a mean follow-up time of 3.2 \u00b1 1.7 years, no patients died, 55 patients were hospitalized due to CV events, and 20 patients underwent MV surgery. On multivariate Cox analysis, age (heart rate [HR] 1.05, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03\u20131.06), diabetes mellitus (HR 3.26, 95% CI 2.04\u20135.20), peak exercise-E\/e' ratio (HR 1.07, 95%CI 1.05\u20131.09), and peak exercise-effective regurgitant orifice area (HR 2.53, 95% CI 1.83\u20133.51) were directly associated to outcome, whereas MHI (HR 0.15, 95%CI 0.07-0.33) and beta-blocker therapy (HR 0.26, 95% CI 0.19\u20130.36) showed strong inverse correlation. An MHI \u22652.7 showed 80% sensitivity and 100% specificity for predicting event-free survival (area under the curve = 0.98).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Symptomatic patients with moderate MR due to MVP and MHI \u22652.7 have an excellent prognosis over a medium-term follow-up. 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