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Reduced left ventricular compliance in human mitral stenosis. Role of reversible internal constraint.

C P Liu, Chih-Tai Ting, Ting Yang, Jin‐De Chen, M. S. Chang, W L Maughan, William E. Lawrence, David A. Kass

Circulation · 1992 · 82 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

These data indicate an impairment of diastolic function in human MS that can be acutely reversed by balloon valvuloplasty. Lowered LV compliance probably results from a functional restriction caused by ventricular attachment to a thickened and immobile valve apparatus.

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Valvular-ventricular interaction: importance of the mitral apparatus in canine left ventricular systolic performance.

D. E. Hansen, Peter D. Cahill, William M. DeCampli et al. · Circulation · 1986 · 151 citations

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H A Fleming, P. Wood · Heart · 1959 · 98 citations · Full text

Architectonics of the heart

Robert P. Grant · American Heart Journal · 1953 · 97 citations

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Physiologic role of the mitral apparatus in left ventricular regional mechanics, contraction synergy, and global systolic performance

David E. Hansen, George E. Sarris, Marek Niczyporuk et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1989 · 81 citations

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