Mitral degenerative disease mimicking a valvular tumor: a case report

BACKGROUND: In rare cases, echo findings of degenerative valve disease is similar to valvular mass. CASE PRESENTATION: A 56-year-old woman was evaluated for palpitation. Echocardiography revealed an 8- mm mass on the anterior mitral leaflet with minimal mitral insufficiency. Resection of the valve t...

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Autores principales: Tayama, Eiki, Ueda, Tomohiro, Mori, Ryusuke, Imasaka, Ken-ichi, Tomita, Yukihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26525578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0345-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26525578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0345-3

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