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Three-dimensional echocardiography in patient with mitral valve prolapse
Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira; Wilson Mathias Jr.
Instituto do Coração (InCor), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo; SP - Brazil
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Key words: Echocardiography, three-dimensional; mitral valve prolapse.
We report a case of a 42-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse (Figure 1A,1B). The 3-D view allowed the visualization of a mitral valve prolapse as seen from the left atrium, plane in which the surgical correction is performed.
Manuscript received February 10, 2008; revised manuscript received March 03, 2008; accepted March 03, 2008.
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Aug 2008