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Structure of posterior leaflet of mitral valve

Known as: Posterior mitral leaflet, Cuspis posterior valvae atrioventricularis sinistri, Cuspis posterior (Valva mitralis) 
The cusp of the mitral valave that is located posterior to the two commissures, and which has no attachement to the aortic root.
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Transcatheter Aortic and Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation for Failed Surgical Bioprosthetic Valves: An 8-Year Single-Center Experience.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Chordae replacement versus resection for repair of isolated posterior mitral leaflet prolapse: à ègalité.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
How does the use of polytetrafluoroethylene neochordae for posterior mitral valve prolapse (loop technique) compare with leaflet resection? A prospective randomized trial.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Age-related changes in aortic and mitral valve thickness: implications for two-dimensional echocardiography based on an autopsy study of 200 normal human hearts.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The Intergeniculate Leaflet Partially Mediates Effects of Light on Circadian Rhythms
Photic signals affect circadian activity rhythms by both phasic and tonic mechanisms that modulate pacemaker phase and period. In… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Two‐dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Mitral Stenosis
SUMMARYA real-time, phased-array, two-dimensional echocardiography system was used to assess mitral valve motion in 30… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Differences in Distribution of Myocardial Abnormalities in Patients with Obstructive and Nonobstructive Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy (ASH): Echocardiographic and Gross Anatomic Findings
Patients with typical idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) represent only one subgroup of a cardiac disease in which… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Angiographic‐Morphologic Correlation in Patients with Severe Mitral Regurgitation Due to Prolapse of the Posterior Mitral Valve Leaflet
Angiographic-morphologic correlation was done on findings in 16 patients with proven prolapse of the posterior mitral leaflet and… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Etiology and electrocardiographic features of the billowing posterior mitral leaflet syndrome. Analysis of a further 130 patients with a late systolic murmur or nonejection systolic click.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Postexercise arrhythmias in the billowing posterior mitral leaflet syndrome.
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