Transthoracic Echocardiographic Findings of Mitral Regurgitation Caused by Commissural Prolapse
Author(s) -
Kyung Jin Kim,
Yong Jin Kim,
JunBean Park,
Ho Young Hwang,
Yeon Yee Yoon,
Yong-Jin Kim,
Goo Yeong Cho,
Kyung Hwan Kim,
Hyuk Ahn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.09.002
Subject(s) - commissure , mitral regurgitation , medicine , cardiology , mitral valve prolapse , regurgitation (circulation) , anatomy , mitral valve
Degenerative mitral valve (MV) disease is the major cause of mitral regurgitation (MR) [(1)][1]. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is accurate in the diagnosis and localization of MV prolapse [(1)][1]. Although TTE localization of prolapse at the 6 segments of leaflets is well established [(2
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