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The echocardiographic correlate of a systolic click appearing after open mitral commissurotomy
Author(s) -
Clements Stephen D.,
Cobbs B. Woodfin,
Dorney Edward R.,
Logue R. Bruce,
Chang Sonia
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870060608
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , mitral valve , abnormality , psychiatry
An echocardiographic correlate for a post‐valvulotomy mid‐systolic click is described. Simultaneous echocardiographic and phonocardiographic studies demonstrated that the click was temporally related to a sudden midsystolic posterior motion of part of the mitral valve apparatus. This temporal relationship suggests that the sudden change in position of portions of the mitral valve resulted in the loud midsystolic click. In our patient the sudden leaflet movement associated with the click was apparently a localized abnormality.