Spontaneous cyclic severe mitral regurgitation.
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.
Engel
P J
PJ
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio.
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D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*