The added value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of supravalvar mitral ring: case report and review of the literature.
Supravalvular mitral stenosis is a rare condition characterized by an abnormal ridge, with one or two orifices, covering and obstructing the mitral valve. Preoperative identification of the supravalvular ring is the target for obtaining good surgical results. Two-dimensional echocardiogram and transesophageal echocardiography both failed in reaching this objective. In this case, we showed that three-dimensional echocardiogram is a new technique that provides additional and more accurate echocardiographic characterization of congenital supravalvular mitral stenosis.
Department of Cardiology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France. youssef.der@hotmail.com.|Department of Cardiology B, Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. youssef.der@hotmail.com.|, 16 cité des Irlandais, porte 12, 94110, Arcueil, France. youssef.der@hotmail.com.
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Derraz
Department of Cardiology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
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Cheaito
Department of Cardiology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
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Landeau
Department of Cardiology B, Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
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Cherti
Department of Cardiology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
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Russel
Department of Cardiology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
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Scemama
Department of Cardiology B, Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
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El Houari
Department of Cardiology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
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Benamer
Department of Cardiology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
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Haziza
Echocardiogram; Supravalvular mitral stenosis; Three-dimensional echocardiography; Transesophageal echocardiography