Echocardiographic abnormalities in ruptured chorda tendinae of rheumatic mitral valve.

The M mode and two dimensional echocardiographic and the left ventricular end diastolic pressure was abnormalities of ruptured chorda tendinae of the mitral 18 mm Hg. Left ventricular angiography showed a dilated valve leaflets in non-rheumatic mitral valve disease have left ventricle with good contraction and severe grade IV been well documented.' 2 Echocardiographic abnormalities mitral regurgitation. The aetiology of the mitral regurgitain ruptured chorda tendinae occurring in chronic rheumatic mitral valve disease, however, have rarely been described.34