Two-dimensional echocardiographic observation of dehiscence of mitral plication annuloplasty suture.
Echocardiographic findings of dehiscent suture from mitral plication annuloplasty have not been described. We herein describe transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiographic findings of an abnormal linear echo stretching across the mitral annulus in the left atrium in a 69-year-old male. This abnormal linear echo was confirmed to be a dehiscent plication suture at surgery.
Chang
H J
HJ
Division of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Fu
M
M
Chua
S O
SO
Yeh
K H
KH
Chang
J P
JP
Hsieh
M J
MJ
D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013537:Sutures