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Published Online First: 18 May 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.089805
Heart 2006;92:1363-1364
Copyright © 2006 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

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Mitral regurgitation and left ventricular dyssynchrony: implications for treatment

J J Bax, D Poldermans

Leiden University Medical Center and Thorax Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Correspondence to:
Dr Jeroen J Bax
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; jbax{at}knoware.nl

ABSTRACT

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy may provide an alternative treatment for mitral regurgitation in patients unsuitable for surgery

Keywords: cardiac resynchronisation therapy; left ventricular dyssynchrony; mitral valve regurgitation


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