The natural history of aortic valve disease after mitral valve surgery
Mordehay Vaturi, MD*,
Avital Porter, MD*,
Yehuda Adler, MD*,
Yaron Shapira, MD*,
Gideon Sahar, MD ,
Bernardo Vidne, MD and
Alex Sagie, MD*
* Dan Scheingarten Echocardiography Unit and Valvular Clinic, Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Figure 1 Life table (Kaplan-Meier) analysis comparing aortic valve disease progression (to moderate or severe) between patients with an aortic valve disease at the time of mitral valve surgery and patients who acquired aortic valve disease during the follow-up period.
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