Why the study?
Is floppy mitral valve associated with disjunction of the mitral annulus fibrosus in adult autopsy hearts?
Is floppy mitral valve associated with disjunction of the mitral annulus fibrosus in adult autopsy hearts?
Floppy mitral valve is strongly associated with mitral annulus disjunction, suggesting the valvular abnormality may develop secondary to this anatomic variation.
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Should not change clinical management; hypothesis-generating for disjunction's role in floppy mitral valve pathogenesis.
Hutchins et al. (1986) studied this question.
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