A Rare Case of Spontaneous Mitral Leaflet Perforation Leading to Severe Mitral Regurgitation
Spontaneous mitral leaflet perforations are rare. We are reporting a 60 year old hypertensive female patient admitted with pulmonary edema with clinically short systolic murmur at apex without ischemic changes on ECG. There is no h/o chest pain, fever, blunt trauma of chest. TTE no RWMA, good bi- ve...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2016-06-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1656391 |