Evaluation of aortic distensibility in patients with mitral valve prolapse using echocardiography and applanation tonometry

• Main Authors: Sedat Kalkan (Author), suleyman Efe (Author), Onur Tasar (Author), Can Yucel Karabay (Author), Cevat Kirma (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: KARE Publishing, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Objective: Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a heart valve anomaly that affects a considerable segment of the population. Studies of patients with isolated MVP have shown that aortic distensibility decreased as the aortic diameter increased. The aim of this study was to compare evaluations of aortic di...