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The extent of papillary muscle approximation affects mortality and durability of mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation
BACKGROUND: Since reduction annuloplasty alone for ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) cannot prevent late recurrence of MR or improve survival for those with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, and the surgical approach to this etiology is still controversial, we conducted a study to assess the effic...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066289/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24893928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-98 |