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Fig. 1 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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From: Mitral valve re-repair vs replacement following failed initial repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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PRISMA Flow Diagram. The systematic search revealed a total of 1415 papers, of which 1393 remained for review after duplicates were removed. After implementation of inclusion and exclusion criteria, 21 articles were selected for full-text review. Following the full-text assessment of these articles, one old study (2005) and studies that lacked data on mitral valve replacement or repair group (n = 13) were excluded, leaving 8 papers for inclusion into the present study

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