Mitral regurgitation - What is best for my patient?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1462-1463

  Otto, Catherine M ^a   Verrier, Edward D ^b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLIP; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE CLIP; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79954477380     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1102013     Document Type: Editorial

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