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Predictive value of less than moderate residual mitral regurgitation as assessed by transesophageal echocardiography for the short-term outcomes of patients with mitral regurgitation treated with mitral valve repair

BACKGROUND: Traditionally, in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) a successful mitral valve repair is considered when residual MR by post-pump transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is less than moderate or absent. Little is known about the prognostic value of less than moderate (mild or mild-to...

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Autores principales: Rizza, Antonio, Sulcaj, Laureta, Glauber, Mattia, Trianni, Giuseppe, Palmieri, Cataldo, Mariani, Massimiliano, Maffei, Stefano, Berti, Sergio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1994671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17659073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-5-25