Spontaneous cyclic severe mitral regurgitation |
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| Authors: | P J Engel D Wayne |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio. |
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| Abstract: | Two patients are described with spontaneous wide fluctuations in the size of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure V waves thought to be related to cyclic spontaneous variations in the degree of mitral regurgitation over very short periods of time. The findings are thought to represent a hemodynamically distinct syndrome intermediate between chronic severe and acute severe mitral regurgitation. |
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