Mitral valve prolapse: where is the missing link?

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Editorial

Clemence Antoine et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Sep.

. 2016 Sep;8(9):2394-2396.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.09.17.

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Evolution of Mitral Valve Prolapse: Insights From the Framingham Heart Study.
Delling FN, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Fuller D, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Hackman B, Manning WJ, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS. Delling FN, et al. Circulation. 2016 Apr 26;133(17):1688-95. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.020621. Epub 2016 Mar 22. Circulation. 2016. PMID: 27006478 Free PMC article.

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