title: Mitral valve aneurysm: M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic features.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oquendo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hernandez-Casas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sulbaran
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garcia