Isolated cleft of the mitral valve: Clinical spectrum and course

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 553-556

  Zhu, Diqi ^a   Bryant, Roosevelt ^a   Heinle, Jeffrey ^a   Nihill, Michael R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Echocardiography, doppler; Heart defects, congenital surgery ultrasonography; Infant; Mitral valve insufficiency; Mitral valve abnormalities ultrasonography; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATED CLEFT OF THE MITRAL VALVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149109447     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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