The long-term effect of successful mitral balloon valvotomy on left atrial size

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 543-550

  Stefadouros, Miltiadis A ^a   Fawzy, Mohammed E ^a   Malik, S ^a   Sivanandam, Vasudevan ^a   Mimish, Layth ^a   Al Halees, Zohair ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0032862270     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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