Mitral and tricuspid valve aneurysms evaluated by transesophageal echocardiography.
This report describes the clinical and transesophageal echocardiographic findings in 2 patients with mitral and 2 with tricuspid valve aneurysms and reviews the 19 published echo-diagnosed cases. One of our patients with a mitral valve aneurysm and 12 of those in the published reports had associated aortic valve endocarditis.
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Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA.
Felner
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Felner
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D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology