title: The mitral valve is an actively adapting tissue: new imaging evidence.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 5E, Boston, MA 02114, USA jdalbianco@partners.org.
authors.forename: Jacob P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dal-Bianco
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 5E, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*