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Echocardiography Diagnosis of a Stenotic Double Orifice Parachute Mitral Valve with a Single Papillary Muscle
Author(s) -
YESILBURSA DILEK,
MILLER ANDREW,
NANDA NAVIN C.,
MUKHTAR OSMAN,
HUANG WEN YING,
ANSINGKAR KAMLESH,
PURI VIRENDER,
BOURGE ROBERT C.,
HSIUNG MING,
McGIFFIN DAVID C.
Publication year - 2000
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.1540-8175.2000.tb01149.x
Subject(s) - papillary muscle , body orifice , medicine , cardiology , mitral valve , radiology , anatomy
We present the case of a patient with a single papillary muscle that is supporting both orifices of a stenotic double orifice mitral valve. With the use of both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, we were able to prospectively define this entity, which was confirmed at surgery.