Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 8 , Pages 872-879 , August 2010

Dynamic Annular Geometry and Function in Patients with Mitral Regurgitation: Insight From Three-Dimensional Annular Tracking

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.001

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 8 , Pages 872-879 , August 2010

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