title: Left ventricular ejection fraction in mitral regurgitation because of flail leaflet.
authors.affiliation: Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital and the Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Baylor Scott and White Health Care System, Dallas, TX.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grayburn
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000401:mortality*
keywords: Editorials; cardiac surgery; echocardiography; left ventricular systolic function; mitral regurgitation