title: Isolated posterior mitral valve cleft: diagnosis by real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: We report a case of an isolated cleft mitral valve with two clefts in the posterior leaflet. Our case adds to the few reports of posterior and multiple mitral valve clefts and, to our knowledge, is one of the first using real-time transoesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography for the assessment of isolated cleft mitral valve.
authors.affiliation: Service of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. hajo.muller@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Hajo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cikirikcioglu
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lerch
mesh_terms: D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity