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Mitral regurgitation should be corrected in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

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  1. M De Bonis is a Staff Surgeon and O Alfieri is Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Head of the Cardiac Surgery Department at the San Raffaele University Hospital in Milan, Italy. Professor Alfieri is also a member of the Advisory Board of Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine.,

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De Bonis, M., Alfieri, O. Mitral regurgitation should be corrected in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 452–453 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1256

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