Mildly symptomatic chronic mitral regurgitation. Analysis of left ventricular systolic function and mitral regurgitant fraction under pharmacological influence: echocardiographic study

OBJECTIVE: To study echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular systolic function and valvar regurgitation under pharmacological influence in mildly symptomatic patients with chronic mitral regurgitation (MR). METHODS: We carried out a double-blind placebo controlled study in 12 patients with M...

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Main Authors: Ivan Romero Rivera, Valdir Ambrósio Moisés, Antonio Carlos Carvalho, Angelo Amato V. de Paola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2003-02-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2003000200003