Efficacy of chordal cutting in alleviating ischemic mitral regurgitation: insights from 3-dimensional echocardiography

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ischemic mitral regurgitation often complicates severe ischemic heart disease and adversely affects the prognosis in these patients. There is wide variation in the clinical spectrum of ischemic mitral regurgitation due to varying loc...

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Main Authors: Bickle Katherine M, Armen Todd A, Vandse Rashmi, Sai-Sudhakar Chittoor B, Nathan Nadia S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/2/1/39

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