The morphologic characteristics of flail mitral leaflets by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-59

  Malkowski, Michael J ^a   Guo, Ruiqiang ^a   Orsinelli, David A ^a   Wooley, Charles F ^a   Tice, Frank D ^a   Pearson, Anthony C ^a   Boudoulas, Harisios ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0031017774     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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