Familial Clustering of Mitral Valve Prolapse in the Community Running title: Delling et al.; Familial Clustering of MVP
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Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA; Dept of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Section of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Section of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, MA; Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Section of Cardiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Preventive Medicine Sections, Dept of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Dept of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Letter by Barison et al Regarding Article, "Familial Clustering of Mitral Valve Prolapse in the Community".
BACKGROUND Knowledge of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) inheritance is based on pedigree observation and M-mode echocardiography. The extent of familial clustering of MVP among unselected individuals in the community using current, more specific echocardiographic criteria is unknown. In addition, the importance of nondiagnostic MVP morphologies (NDMs; first described in large pedigrees) has not bee...
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تاریخ انتشار 2014