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SUBMITTER: Remenyi B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3327011 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of pediatric cardiology 20120101 1
Congenital malformations of the mitral valve are often complex and affect multiple segments of the valve apparatus. They may occur in isolation or in association with other congenital heart defects. The majority of mitral valve malformations are not simply classified, and descriptive terms with historical significance (parachute, mitral, or arcade) often lack the specificity that cardiac surgeons demand as part of preoperative echocardiographic morphological assessment. This paper examines the s ...[more]