Mitral valve prolapse: Past misconceptions and future research directions

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 726-728

  Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE FREQUENCY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MATING; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RESEARCH; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035893896     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)01055-5     Document Type: Editorial

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