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Visualization of Mitral Valve Tunnel Aneurysm by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
RENTOUKAS ELIAS,
KREMASTINOS DIMITRIOS T.,
MATSAKAS EVAGELOS,
KOLETTIS THEOFILOS M.,
TOUTOUZAS PAVLOS
Publication year - 1993
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/j.1540-8175.1993.tb00009.x
Subject(s) - diastole , mitral valve , cardiology , medicine , aneurysm , systole , endocarditis , cardiac cycle , radiology , blood pressure
We report the echocardiographic findings in a patient with a mitral valve aneurysm, probably occurring as a complication of aortic valve endocarditis. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a tunnel‐shaped aneurysm of the atrial side of the anterior mitral leaflet, expanding in systole and collapsing in diastole. Transesophageal echocardiography is a useful diagnostic tool for the evaluation of mitral valve pathology.