November 1, 1942Annals of Internal Medicine

Functional Mitral Stenosis

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Patients with conditions presenting with a mid-diastolic murmur at the cardiac apex, including young…

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MRMeinhard RobinowDayton Children's Hospital HHH. T. HarperUniversity of Georgia

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May warrant caution attributing mid-diastolic murmurs to organic mitral stenosis; leaves open prospective validation with modern imaging.

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Patients with conditions presenting with a mid-diastolic murmur at the cardiac apex, including young patients with acute nephritis, hypertension, and cardiac dilatation.

Highlights that a mid-diastolic apical murmur is not exclusively pathognomonic for organic mitral stenosis and can be functional in nature.

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Robinow et al. (1942) studied this question.

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Functional Mitral Stenosis

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