Prevalence and clinical outcome of mitral-valve prolapse

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Freed, Lisa A ^a,b,c   Levy, Daniel ^a,c,d,e,f   Levine, Robert A ^b,c   Larson, Martin G ^a,f   Evans, Jane C ^a,f   Fuller, Deborah L ^a   Lehman, Birgitta ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,f  

^a Blood Inst's F   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033168952     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199907013410101     Document Type: Article

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