Clinical Outcome of Mitral Regurgitation Due to Flail Leaflet
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- 7 November 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 335 (19), 1417-1423
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199611073351902
Abstract
Mitral regurgitation due to flail leaflet is difficult to manage, because it is frequently asymptomatic yet carries a high risk of left ventricular dysfunction and because the natural history of the condition is poorly defined.Keywords
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