Should patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation delay surgery until symptoms develop?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 481-488

  Gillinov, A Marc ^a   Mihaljevic, Tomislav ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a,c   George, Kristopher ^a   Svensson, Lars G ^a   Nowicki, Edward R ^a   Sabik III, Joseph F ^a   Houghtaling, Penny L ^b   Griffin, Brian ^b  

^a Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^b Cleveland Clinic ^*  (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEGENERATIVE MITRAL REGURGITATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 77955701280     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.101     Document Type: Article

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