title: Echocardiographic evidence of increased mitral-aortic separation in discrete subaortic stenosis.
abstract: The present study reports the two-dimensional echocardiographic pattern of 6 patients affected by discrete subaortic stenosis. The diagnosis was proven at cardiac catheterization. The echocardiographic picture was characterized by a deformity of the left ventricular outflow tract due to an inward-protruding upper septum and to an elongated and domed mitral-aortic separation. The latter finding has been described in anatomic studies but has never been reported with wide-angle echocardiography.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology