Is mitral valve prolapse a congenital or acquired disease?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 226-227

  Nascimento, Rufino ^a,b   Freitas, António ^a   Teixeira, Filomena ^a   Pereira, Décio ^a   Cardoso, Almada ^a   Dinis, Martin ^a   Mendonça, Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DO FUNCHAL   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Cruz de Carvalho   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031567869     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00722-9     Document Type: Article

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