Paravalvular mitral valve leakage presenting as congestive heart failure, missed by TTE but diagnosed by TEE: a case report

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of prosthetic valve leakage by the transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) technique is more difficult. These limitations are diminished with the use of transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) techniques. CASE REPORT: A 71 year old Caucasian male presented with symptoms and signs of co...

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Autores principales: Jayawardena, Suriya, Sooriabalan, Danushan, Burzyantseva, Olga, Sinnapunayagm, Selvaratnam
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18838002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-216

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18838002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-216

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