Population
113 patients presenting a pure mitral stenosis (MS) and a control group of 50 individuals
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Should not yet change mitral stenosis management; leaves open causal role and prognostic value of segmental abnormalities.
In patients with pure mitral stenosis, segmental contraction abnormalities are present in 40% of cases and appear to be the main factor involved in global left ventricular function impairment.
Colle et al. (1984) studied this question.
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