Anatomy of the mitral valve: Understanding the mitral valve complex in mitral regurgitation

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  McCarthy, Karen P ^a   Ring, Liam ^b   Rana, Bushra S ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL MITRAL REGURGITATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 78649376899     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq153     Document Type: Review

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