The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 557-565 , September 2008

The effect of pure mitral regurgitation on mitral annular geometry and three-dimensional saddle shape

  • Tom C. Nguyen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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  • Akinobu Itoh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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  • Carl J. Carlhäll, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Department of Clinical Physiology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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  • Wolfgang Bothe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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  • Tomasz A. Timek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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  • Daniel B. Ennis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • Robert A. Oakes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • David Liang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford, California
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  • George T. Daughters, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California
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  • Neil B. Ingels Jr., PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California
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  • D. Craig Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: D. Craig Miller, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5247.

Received 23 May 2007 ,Revised 26 November 2007 ,Accepted 18 December 2007.

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 This work was supported by Grants HL-29589 and HL-67025 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Doctors Nguyen was a Leah McConnell Cardiovascular Surgical Research Fellow and recipient of the Thoracic Society Foundation Research Fellowship Award. Dr Itoh received funding from the Uehara Memorial Foundation, and Dr Carlhäll received funding from the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation and the County Council of Östergötland, Sweden. Dr Bothe received stipend support from the Deutsche Herzstiftung.

 Presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Washington, DC, May 2007.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01108-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.087

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 557-565 , September 2008

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