Echocardiographic Recognition of Mitral-Semilunar Valve Discontinuity

Echocardiographic Recognition of Mitral-Semilunar Valve Discontinuity

The angiographic recognition of mitral-semilunar valve discontinuity is a strong indication of origin of both great vessels from the right ventricle. This study shows that the same finding may be elicited by echocardiography, whether the great vessels are normally related or transposed. When mitral-semilunar valve continuity is present, the mitral valve echo at the onset of systole is continuou...

Effect of position on echocardiographic diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse

Echocardiography has been accepted as the diagnostic modality of choice for mitral valve prolapse (MVP). The determine the effect of position on echocardiographic diagnosis of MVP, we examined 693 consecutive patients referred to the echocardiography laboratory because of suspected MVP. First, patients were examined using the usual standard M-Mode echocardiography( left parasternal third or fou...

Echocardiographic recognition of the mitral valve-posterior aortic wall relationship.

Aortic-mitral valve discontinuity has previously been described in double outlet right ventricle, endocardial cushion defect, single ventricle, tetralogy of Fallot, and prolapse of the mitral valve. We are reporting two additional examples of aortic-mitral valve discontinuity including 15 cases of gross left ventricular dilation and a case of acute pneumococcal bacterial endocarditis with a la...

[Echocardiographic findings of mitral valve prolapse].

Prolaps mitralnog zalistka (PMZ) predstavlja pomeranje jednog ili oba listića mitralnog zalistka u levu pretkomoru, iznad ravni mitralnog anulusa, tokom sistole, sa ili bez mitralne regurgitacije 1, . Zbog vrlo velikih varijacija u patološkim, kliničkim i ehokardiografskim manifestacijama, ovaj poremećaj izazvao je zbunjenost i brigu kako lekara, tako i bolesnika. Tokom poslednje dve decenije m...

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