Left ventricular dysfunction in rheumatic mitral stenosis is likely driven by mechanical and hemodynamic factors rather than intrinsic rheumatic myocardial disease.
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Supports mechanical assessment of LV dysfunction in rheumatic mitral stenosis; leaves open possible rheumatic myocardial contribution in subsets.
Gaasch et al. (1991) studied this question.
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