Mitral Valve Prolapse

References

Citations

  1. Bonow RO, et al. (2006) ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease). Circulation, 114(5): e84–e231.

Other Works Consulted

  • Bonow RO, et al. (2008). 2008 Focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing committee to revise the 1998 Guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease). Circulation, 118(15): e523–e661.

  • Lee TH, Bonow RO (2008). Management of valvular heart disease. In P Libby et al., eds., Braunwald's Heart Disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 8th ed., pp. 1693–1712. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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  • Otto CM, Bonow RO (2008). Mitral valve prolapse syndrome section of Valvular heart disease. In P Libby et al., eds., Braunwald's Heart Disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 8th ed., pp. 1669–1692. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.


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Author: Robin Parks, MS Last Updated: February 9, 2009
Medical Review: Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine
George Philippides, MD - Cardiology

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