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Mitral Valve Insufficiency

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Mitral valve insufficiency is characterized by the presence of systolic reflow from the left ventricle to the atrium.

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  1. Director of Cardiac Imaging, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland

    Francesco Fulvio Faletra

  2. Director of Interventional Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland

    Giovanni Pedrazzini

  3. Director of Cardiovascular Research, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland

    Elena Pasotti

  4. Cardiac Imaging, Tufts University, School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, USA

    Natesa G. Pandian

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Faletra, F.F., Pedrazzini, G., Pasotti, E., Pandian, N.G. (2013). Mitral Valve Insufficiency. In: Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Disease. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5435-6_2

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