Key result
Mitral valve disease in developed countries is typically caused by prolapse or left ventricular disease, while mitral stenosis remains an uncommon sequela of rheumatic fever.
Design
Review
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Review summarizes mitral valve disease management; leaves open need for updated outcome data in modern cohorts.
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Ray et al. (2014) studied this question. Mitral valve disease in developed countries is typically caused by prolapse or left ventricular disease, while mitral stenosis remains an uncommon sequela of rheumatic fever.
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