Elevated blood pressure and risk of mitral regurgitation: A longitudinal cohort study of 5.5 million United Kingdom adults

<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Mitral regurgitation in people without prior cardiac disease is considered a degenerative disease with no established risk factors for its prevention. We aimed to test the hypothesis that elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) acros...

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Main Authors: Rahimi, K, Mohseni, H, Otto, C, Conrad, N, Tran, J, Nazarzadeh, M, Woodward, M, Dwyer, T, MacMahon, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2017