title: Timing of cardiac surgery in chronic mitral valve disease: implications of natural history studies and left ventricular mechanics.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, UCSD Medical Center 92103.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*