Moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation: To operate or to ignore?
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[Moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation: to operate or to ignore?].
INTRODUCTION Moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) is characterized by significant, symptomatic multivessel coronary disease and mitral regurgitation 2-3+. CASE OUTLINE A 60-year-old patient was admitted at the Cardiovascular Institute "Dedinje" due to the symptoms of unstable angina pectoris. He survived a myocardial infarction (inferoposterolateral localization) 8 years ago. On admiss...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0370-8179,2406-0895
DOI: 10.2298/sarh0906275t