THE ROLE OF LEFT ATRIAL COMPLIANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH PURE MITRAL STENOSIS AND SINUS RHYTHM
In patients with mitral stenosis, there is poor correlation between the severity of mitral stenosis, as measured by the mitral valve area and the magnitude of pulmonary hypertension. We tested the hypothesis that left atrial compliance is a major factor determining the height of pulmonary artery pre...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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university of basrah
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Basrah Journal of Surgery |
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| Online Access: | https://bjsrg.uobasrah.edu.iq/article_54969_ae0852d2d9874b199e827d4d9c58009e.pdf |