title: Perforated aneurysm of the anterior mitral valve. A Doppler and two-dimensional echocardiographic report.
abstract: Antemortem diagnosis of a perforated MV aneurysm by Doppler echocardiography, as well as two-dimensional echocardiography (2-DE), has not been reported. Herein we present such a case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Cung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous