Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9980102 | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Acute ischemic mitral regurgitation due to posterior left ventricular wall ischemia was associated with focal chordal and leaflet tethering at the nonischemic commissural portion of the mitral valve and a paradoxical decrease of the chordal forces and relative prolapse at the ischemic site of the anterior mitral valve leaflet.
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Authors
Sten Lyager MD, PhD, Søren B. MD, PhD, Katrine O. MD, Hans DMSc, Peter K. MD, DMSc, J. Michael MD, DMSc,