title: Mitral regurgitation associated with reduced thromboembolic events in high-risk patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Investigators.
authors.affiliation: Statistics and Epidemiology Research Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98105.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Blackshear
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Asinger
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Dittrich
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zabalgoitia
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rothbart
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Halperin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012307:Risk Factors; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left