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I Vilacosta1, J A San Román, C Sarriá, E Iturralde, C Graupner, E Batlle, V Peral, P Aragoncillo, W Stoermann.
Abstract
This study describes the clinical, anatomic, echocardiographic, and Doppler features of 13 patients with mitral valve aneurysms. Eleven patients had definitive criteria for infective endocarditis. Transesophageal echocardiography was superior to conventional echocardiography in detecting and assessing aneurysms. Patients with heart failure required surgery. Echocardiographic detection of this lesion should not be, by itself, an immediate surgical indication.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10404866 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00206-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN: 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778