The mitral valve is an actively adapting tissue: new imaging evidence

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Mar;16(3):286-7. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu300. Epub 2015 Jan 23.

Authors

Jacob P Dal-Bianco¹, Robert A Levine²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 5E, Boston, MA 02114, USA [email protected].
² Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 5E, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

PMID: 25617031
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu300

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological*
Aging / physiology
Animals
Cardiac Imaging Techniques / methods*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / physiopathology*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology*

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