Natural history of asymptomatic mitral valve prolapse in the community

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1355-1361

  Avierinos, Jean François ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Melton III, L Joseph ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Shub, Clarence ^a   Nishimura, Rick A ^a   Tajik, A Jamil ^a   Enriquez Sarano, Maurice ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Mitral valve; Mortality; Regurgitation; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037056114     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000028933.34260.09     Document Type: Article

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