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A new look at acute rheumatic mitral regurgitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2005

L. George Veasy  and
Lloyd Y. Tani
L. George Veasy
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
Lloyd Y. Tani
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Keywords

Rheumatic fevermitral valveechocardiographycordal elongationannular dilation
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 568 - 577
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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