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Unexpected mechanism of mitral regurgitation in a patient post ALCAPA repair: Added value of three‐dimensional echocardiography
Author(s) -
Danylenko Oleksandr,
Surkova Elena,
Senior Roxy,
Li Wei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14788
Subject(s) - mitral regurgitation , cardiology , medicine , etiology , mitral valve , mechanism (biology) , mitral valve regurgitation , radiology , philosophy , epistemology
Accurate assessment of etiology of mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the key steps in the decision‐making process and further clinical management of patients with severe MR. Our clinical case illustrates the added value of three‐dimensional echocardiography (3DE) in assessment of mitral valve morphology and identification of an unexpected mechanism of MR which was not previously diagnosed using conventional echocardiography. 3DE helped to choose appropriate management strategy in this patient.