title: Two-dimensional echocardiographic observation of dehiscence of mitral plication annuloplasty suture.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: 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