Con: single-plane echocardiography does not provide an accurate and adequate examination of the native mitral valve.
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Susan
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Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8051, USA. susan.garwood@yale.edu
D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index