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Uni-leaflet mitral valve

Author(s) -

Özkan Candan,

Ahmet Güler,

Soe Moe Aung,

Çetin Geçmen,

Can Yücel Karabay,

Mustafa Yıldız

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 2047-2412

pISSN - 2047-2404

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer027

Subject(s) - leaflet (botany) , cardiology , medicine , mitral valve , geology , paleontology

An asymptomatic 47-year-old man who has pectus carinatum, strabismus, and ptosis was referred for a systolic murmur. On transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), posterior mitral leaflet was not seen. Left ventricular free wall had replaced it and was coapting with the anterior leaflet ( Panel A ; see Supplementary data online, Video S1 ). The anterior leaflet and chordal structures were elongated. The anterior leaflet was found to be prolapsing into the left atrium during systole. Systolic …

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