[Mitral valve aneurysm. Its diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography].
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.
Vilacosta
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Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid.
Camino
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Iturralde
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San Román
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JA
Pérez Casar
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Gómez Recio
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Martínez Elbal
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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
Aneurisma de la válvula mitral. Diagnóstico por ecocardiografía transesofágica.