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A Left Atrial Mitral Valve Chord

A 77-year-old patient presented with a mobile structure on the anterior mitral valve leaflet and was diagnosed with endocarditis. Subsequent imaging demonstrated this finding was consistent with a left atrial mitral valve chord. Recognition of this rare mitral valve anomaly is key to avoid overdiagn...

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Autores principales: Bertrand, Philippe B., Churchill, Timothy W., Passeri, Jonathan J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.079
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description A 77-year-old patient presented with a mobile structure on the anterior mitral valve leaflet and was diagnosed with endocarditis. Subsequent imaging demonstrated this finding was consistent with a left atrial mitral valve chord. Recognition of this rare mitral valve anomaly is key to avoid overdiagnostics and/or overtreatment. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-82986822021-07-26 A Left Atrial Mitral Valve Chord Bertrand, Philippe B. Churchill, Timothy W. Passeri, Jonathan J. JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue on Valvular Heart Disease A 77-year-old patient presented with a mobile structure on the anterior mitral valve leaflet and was diagnosed with endocarditis. Subsequent imaging demonstrated this finding was consistent with a left atrial mitral valve chord. Recognition of this rare mitral valve anomaly is key to avoid overdiagnostics and/or overtreatment. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2020-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8298682/ /pubmed/34317285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.079 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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A Left Atrial Mitral Valve Chord
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title_short A Left Atrial Mitral Valve Chord
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298682/
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