title: Diastolic mitral regurgitation secondary to aortic regurgitation--a case report with emphasis on its mechanism.
abstract: We report on a 68-year-old male case of mitral regurgitation secondary to aortic regurgitation diagnosed using transthoracic echocardiography. A different mechanism of mitral regurgitation secondary to aortic regurgitation is demonstrated in this report. Two-dimensional color Doppler echocardiography may be a useful tool for anatomic evaluation to define its mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Voon
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Sheu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003971:Diastole; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*