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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2021

Characterization of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease: Differences between Fibroelastic Deficiency and Barlow's Disease.

Aniek L van Wijngaarden, Boudewijn P T Kruithof, Tommaso Vinella, Daniela Q C M Barge-Schaapveld, Nina Ajmone Marsan

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Mitral Annular Disjunction: A Roadmap for the Surgeon.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2026
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  19. Characterisation of global and regional mitral annular strains in an acute porcine model.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Aniek L van WijngaardenDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5636-8945
Boudewijn P T KruithofDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Tommaso VinellaFaculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
Daniela Q C M Barge-SchaapveldDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Nina Ajmone MarsanDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7208-5769
Leiden University Medical Center · NLUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degenerative mitral valve disease causing mitral valve prolapse is the most common cause of primary mitral regurgitation, with two distinct phenotypes generally recognized with some major differences, i.e., fibroelastic deficiency (FED) and Barlow's disease. The aim of this review was to describe the main histological, clinical and echocardiographic features of patients with FED and Barlow's disease, highlighting the differences in diagnosis, risk stratification and patient management, but also the still significant gaps in understanding the exact pathophysiology of these two phenotypes.

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imagingmitral valve prolapsemitral valve surgery

Identifiers

PMID33671724
PMCPMC7926852
OpenAlexW3129866971

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