Severe mitral regurgitation due to chordal rupture in acromegaly. A case report;Insufficienza mitralica severa da rottura di corda tendinea in acromegalia. Descrizione di un caso

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1020-1022

  Ripa, S ^a   Caccamo, L ^a   Amati, P C ^a   Bologna, F ^a   Piovaccari, G C ^a  

^a Unita Operativa di Cardiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Mitral valve; Mitral valve prolapse

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION;

ACROMEGALY; GROWTH HORMONE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0034758612     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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