title: Left ventricular dysfunction after mitral valve repair: predetermined or caused?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif.
authors.forename: Gerald D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Buckberg
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.
authors.forename: Constantine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Athanasuleas
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left