title: Better to avoid disaster than rescue defeat--ventricular dysfunction after delayed mitral valve repair.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
authors.forename: Rakesh M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Suri
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enriquez-Sarano
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