The unsaddled annulus: Biomechanical culprit in mitral valve prolapse?

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 766-768

  Jensen, Morten O ^a   Hagège, Albert A ^b   Otsuji, Yutaka ^c   Levine, Robert A ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; Editorials; mitral valve; mitral valve annulus; mitral valve insufficiency; mitral valve prolapse

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE;

EID: 84874096874     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000628     Document Type: Review

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