Acromegaly associated with mitral and tricuspid prolapse. Report of a case;Acromegalia asociada a prolapso mitral y tricuspídeo. Descripción de un caso

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1144-1146

  Rodríguez Rodrigo, Francisco José ^a,b   Guinea Ezquerdo, Juan ^a   Del Real Pérez, Jesús ^a   Sánchez Franco, Franco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Collagen; Valves

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; TRICUSPID VALVE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0034242757     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(00)75218-3     Document Type: Article

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