Thrombus between the Posterior Mitral Leaflet and Lateral Wall

Uncommon intraventricular thrombus formation between the posterior mitral leaflet and the lateral left ventricular wall.

Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated an intraventricular mass between the posterior mitral leaflet and the lateral left ventricular (LV) free wall in a 61-year-old man. Because of this uncommon localization an intracardial tumor, an endocarditis of the mitral valve or an intraventricular thrombus was suspected. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ruled out an intracardial tumor and revealed...

Fibroelastoma of the posterior mitral leaflet.

Congenital mitral insufficiency with cleft posterior leaflet.

Haircut mitral valve repair: posterior leaflet-plasty.

A 63-year-old man presented with symptomatic severe mitral regurgitat ion. Both trans-esophageal 3-D echocardiography and operative linear measurements showed a 25 mm long A2 anterior leaflet with a very wide (23 mm) prolapsing 30 mm long P2 posterior mid-scallop (Figure 1A,B). P1 and P3 were diminutive in height and width (Figure 2). A ‘haircut’ posterior leaflet-plasty was done to maintain le...

Echocardiographic analysis of posterior mitral leaflet movement in mitral stenosis.

Echocardiographic analysis of the movement of the posterior mitral valve leaflet in 60 patients with lone mitral stenosis, 35 patients with aortic stenosis, and 18 patients with aortic and mitral stenosis showed a spectrum of initial posterior mitral valve leaflet movement in early diastole. The classical anterior movement was seen in 36 out of 60 patients with mitral stenosis (60%), and 8 out ...