Restricted diastolic opening of the mitral leaflets in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: evidence for increased valve tethering.

Otsuji, Y; Gilon, D; Jiang, L; He, S; Leavitt, M; Roy, M J; Birmingham, M J; Levine, R A

Otsuji, Y; Gilon, D; Jiang, L; He, S; Leavitt, M; Roy, M J; Birmingham, M J; Levine, R A.

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Otsuji Y; Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114-2698, USA.

J Am Coll Cardiol ; 32(2): 398-404, 1998 Aug.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9708467

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Mitral Valve/physiopathology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/etiology; Adult; Cardiac Volume/physiology; Diastole; Dilatation, Pathologic/complications; Echocardiography; Female; Heart Diseases/complications; Heart Valve Diseases/complications; Heart Valve Diseases/diagnostic imaging; Heart Valve Diseases/pathology; Heart Valve Diseases/physiopathology; Heart Ventricles/pathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve/diagnostic imaging; Mitral Valve/pathology; Mitral Valve Insufficiency/etiology; Papillary Muscles/pathology; Papillary Muscles/physiopathology; Retrospective Studies; Stroke Volume/physiology; Systole

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Mitral Valve Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol Year: 1998 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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