title: [Mitral valve aneurysm. Its diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography].
abstract: Aneurysm of the mitral valve is a rare complication of infectious endocarditis. We report a 65-years-old woman with left heart failure and mitral regurgitation secondary to a mitral valve aneurysm. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vilacosta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iturralde
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: San Román
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pérez Casar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez Recio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez Elbal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Aneurisma de la válvula mitral. Diagnóstico por ecocardiografía transesofágica.