Open AccessThree-dimensional echocardiography and operative imaging of a false tendon connecting the left atrial wall to the anterior mitral leaflet
Author(s) -
Kentaro Honda,
Yoshitaka Okamura,
Yoshiharu Nishimura,
Kumiko Hirata
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs407
Subject(s) - medicine , leaflet (botany) , cardiology , mitral valve , anatomy , paleontology , biology
A 55-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for mitral valve regurgitation. An echocardiogram showed an anterior mitral leaflet prolapse and moderate mitral regurgitation, but neither elongation nor chordae cutting was observed. A tendon-like structure from the left atrial side of the foramen ovale to the anterior mitral leaflet …
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