Among patients undergoing isolated primary mitral valve surgery in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (2002-2010), we used logistic regression models to evaluate the following: (1) the likelihood of attempted and successful mitral repair among dialysis patients (2008-2010), and (2) the impact of mitral procedural selection on surgical mortality and composite mortality/major morbidity experienced by dialysis patients (2002-2010)