title: Echocardiography of the mitral valve.
abstract: Mitral valve disease is the second most common valvular heart disease after the aortic valve worldwide. Mitral valve has historically been a structure of interest by pioneers in echocardiography. One of the earliest applications of echocardiography was in the diagnosis of valvular heart disease, particularly mitral stenosis. In this review we wish to take the reader through the structural and hemodynamic evaluation of the normal mitral valve.
authors: Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Abdul Aziz Cardiac Center, National Guard Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia.
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Omran
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Arifi
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Mohamed
keywords: Echocardiography; Mitral valve disease; Normal mitral valve
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