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Changes of body composition after valve surgery in patients with mitral valve disease.

Sung-Ai KimMin-Kyung KangChi Young ShimSak LeeByung-Chul ChangJong Won Ha
Published in: PloS one (2018)
In patients with severe MV disease, corrective MV surgery led to favorable outcomes in wasting process as well as hemodynamic improvement. Particularly, right ventricular pressure overload showed a close association with the changes in appetite and body fat percentage in patients with MR.
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