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Follow-up acute flail mitral valve (n = 15).
| Duration to reach correct diagnosis (%) | |
| 0 day | 6 (40) |
| 1 day | 5 (33) |
| 2 days | 1 (7) |
| 3 days | 2 (13) |
| 4 days | 1 (7) |
| Causes (%) | |
| Degenerative mitral valve diseases | 13 (87) |
| Endocarditis | 2 (13) |
| Ischemic papillary muscle rupture | 0 (0) |
| Management (%) | |
| Medical | 8 (53) |
| Surgical | 7 (47) |
| Mitral valve repair | 3 (43) |
| Mitral valve replacement | 4 (57) |
| Incident in-hospital mortality (%) | |
| Medical management | 1 (7) |
| Surgical correction | 0 (0) |
