Changes in left ventricular volume and decline in ejection fraction after degenerative mitral valve repair: The math makes sense

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¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

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Rakesh M Suri et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Sep.

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. 2015 Sep;150(3):741-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.06.075.

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

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