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Is mitral valve repair superior to replacement for chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation with left ventricular dysfunction?

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to compare mitral valve repair and replacement as treatments for ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) with left ventricular dysfunction (LVD). Specifically, we sought to determine whether the choice of mitral valve procedure affected survival, and discover which...

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Autores principales: Qiu, Zhibing, Chen, Xin, Xu, Ming, Jiang, Yingshuo, Xiao, Liqiong, Liu, LeLe, Wang, Liming
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21059216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-107