title: Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of a dehisced Carpentier mitral ring.
abstract: We describe an unusual case of gross dehiscence of a Carpentier mitral ring, not due to bacterial endocarditis, causing severe mitral valve insufficiency and cardiac failure. Diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Mitral valve replacement was then performed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, S. Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona Hospital, Salerno, Italy. pmasiell@tin.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Masiello
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Itri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mastrogiovanni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016896:Treatment Outcome