Calcific severe rheumatic mitral valve stenosis disguising as a “pseudoprosthesis”: An imaging vignette

We present an interesting cardiac fluoroscopic image representing a severe rheumatic mitral restenosis with heavily calcific mitral valve leaflets having a striking resembling to the valve leaflets of bileaflet mechanical valve on cineangiography with respect to size, shape, motion, and position.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akhlaque Ahmed, Ankit Kumar Sahu, Aditya Kapoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.j-pcs.org/article.asp?issn=2395-5414;year=2021;volume=7;issue=1;spage=76;epage=77;aulast=Ahmed