title: Symptomatic mitral myxomatous transformation in the elderly.
abstract: The clinical and pathological features of four patients with intractable heart failure, due to myxomatous change in the mitral valve, are described. It is suggested that this change may represent a response of ageing connective tissue to mechanical stress.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications*