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Triple heart image: one heart beats as three

Author(s) -

Ivan Fauchère,

Rolf Jenni,

Felix C. Tanner

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/jer081

Subject(s) - cardiology , dilated cardiomyopathy , medicine , mitral regurgitation , mitral annulus , mitral valve , regurgitation (circulation) , heart failure , diastole , blood pressure

A 69-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and severe mitral regurgitation due to annulus dilatation was evaluated for mitral valve reconstruction. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a surprising finding with a triplication of all cardiac structures, demonstrating well-separated ghost images, most evident at the level of the aortic valve ( Panel A ; Loops 1 and 2 ) and mitral valve ( Panel B ; Loops 3 and 4 ). The triplication was …

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