Myxomatous degeneration of cardiac valves.
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چکیده
A refmpective study of ten patients with myxomatous degeneration of cardiac valves revealed two patients with "floppy valve syndromen and eight patients with isolated myxomatous change of apparently diverse etiology. The myxomatous degeneration can be seen in a minor degree in normal valves and to a greater extent in clinical and experimental diseases of unknown etiology. The dBicnlties encormtered in the surgkal treatment of patients with mysomatous degeneration of the cardiac valves are related to the friability of the aorta and the valve annulns,
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 57 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1970