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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ari H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281851 | biostudies-other | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of cardiology cases 20150909 6
A 54-year-old woman who underwent surgical resection of the subaortic membrane 10 years earlier presented with new onset dyspnea. Cardiovascular examination revealed 3-4/6 pansystolic murmur at the apex. She was found to have severe mitral regurgitation (MR) with transthoracic echocardiography; 2D and real-time-3D transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated severe MR through anterior mitral leaflet perforation with precise localization. The patient was treated with surgery in which the perfora ...[more]