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A rare association between mitral valve fibroelastoma and myxomatous disease with severe mitral regurgitation
Author(s) -
Sisu Roxana Cristina,
Lanzillo Guido,
Benea Diana Crina,
Cerin Gheorghe,
Vinereanu Dragos
Publication year - 2010
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.20758
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , mitral regurgitation , mitral valve , regurgitation (circulation) , mitral valve regurgitation
We report a rare case of association between mitral valve fibroelastoma and myxomatous disease in a patient with long history of asymptomatic myxomatous disease and progressive severe mitral regurgitation. The tumor was an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic finding and was confirmed during surgery. The differential diagnosis of the echocardiographic image was infective endocarditis. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011.