title: Re: Interpapillary muscle distance independently affects severity of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with systolic left ventricular dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Robert W M
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Frater
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left