Too Different or Too Late?: Gender Differences in Outcomes After Mitral Valve Surgery

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¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. Electronic address: William.Abraham@osumc.edu.

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Brent C Lampert et al. JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Jun.

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. 2019 Jun;7(6):491-492.

doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2019.03.015.

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. Electronic address: William.Abraham@osumc.edu.

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Keywords: ischemic mitral regurgitation; mitral valve repair; mitral valve replacement; women.

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Sex-Based Differences in Outcomes After Mitral Valve Surgery for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: From the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network.
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