title: Mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse: Four decades of controversies.
authors.affiliation: Unité insuffisance cardiaque et valvulopathie, cardiologie B, hôpital d'adultes de la Timone, boulevard Jean-Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France. Electronic address: jfavierinos@mail.ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Avierinos
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016477:Artifacts; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D018450:Disease Progression; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D005060:Europe; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D012306:Risk; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology; D057832:Watchful Waiting
keywords: Insuffisance mitrale; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve prolapse; Organique; Prognosis; Prolapsus mitral; Pronostic