Mitral valve aneurysm: M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic features.
The following report presents M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in a case of mitral valve aneurysm. M-mode echocardiography showed abnormal intravalvular echoes during diastole and a linear echo in the left atrium, with a motion pattern similar to that of the anterior mitral valve leaflet. By allowing visualization of the aneurysmal sac, two-dimensional echocardiography proved to be a more specific diagnostic method.
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Unidad de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Nava
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Hernandez-Casas
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Sulbaran
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Garcia
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