title: A Case of Ruptured Mitral Valve Aneurysm Complicating Long-Standing Aortic Regurgitation.
abstract: A 53-year-old man with aortic regurgitation was admitted to our hospital because of fever. A diagnosis of ruptured mitral valve aneurysm was made by Doppler echocardiography. Aortic regurgitant flow along the anterior mitral leaflet may have predisposed to mitral valve endocarditis, aneurysm formation, and its rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinico-Laboratory Diagnostics, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijocho, Kashihara, Nara 634, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Negoro
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Matahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yabuta
authors.forename: Hidero
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dohi