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Diseases of mitral valve

Known as: mitral valvular disease, Mitral Valve Disorder, Valvular disease (mitral) 
A heart disorder characterized by a defect in mitral valve structure or function.
National Institutes of Health

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Cardiovascular systemChestFabry DiseaseHeart

Broader (3)

Heart DiseasesHeart valve diseaseMitral and aortic valve disease

Narrower (4)

Mitral Valve InsufficiencyMitral Valve Prolapse SyndromeMitral Valve StenosisMitral valve hypoplasia

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A randomized study of combining maze surgery for atrial fibrillation with mitral valve surgery.
AIM Mitral valve surgery seldom suppresses atrial fibrillation (AF), present prior to surgery. Maze III surgery eliminates AF in… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Mechanical cardiac valve thrombosis. Is thrombectomy justified?
To determine the incidence and results of the treatment offered to acute thrombotic obstructions of mechanical valvular… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Doppler echocardiographic predictors of recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Late complications in patients with Björk-Shiley and St. Jude Medical heart valve replacement.
Valve-related complications after Björk-Shiley mitral valve implantation (n = 475), aortic valve implantation (n = 424), or… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Hyperthyroidism and mitral-valve prolapse.
MITRAL-valve prolapse is a common disorder whose prevalence has been reported to be from 6 to 21 per cent in otherwise normal… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
An Important Complication of Hancock Mitral Valve Replacement in Children
SUMMARY Nine children ages 2-15 years have undergone mitral valve replacement (MVR) with Hancock porcine heterograft valves for… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Altered collagen composition in a prolapsing mitral valve with ruptured chordae tendineae.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Reduction in the Rate of Diastolic Descent of the Mitral Valve Echogram in Patients with Altered Left Ventricular Diastolic Pressure‐Volume Relations
Echocardiographic measurements of the rate of descent of the E wave of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve during diastole… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Alterations in Regional Pulmonary Blood Flow in Mitral Valve Disease Studied by Radioisotope Scanning: A Simple Nontraumatic Technique for Estimation of Left Atrial Pressure
The distribution of pulmonary blood flow was studied by external scintillation scanning of intravenously injected 131I-labeled… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Apical diastolic murmurs in congenital heart disease; the rarity of Lutembacher's syndrome.
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