Why the study?
Can two-dimensional echocardiography differentiate isolated anterior mitral clefts from clefts associated with atrioventricular septal defects?
Population
5 patients with isolated clefts in the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve, unassociated with…
Comparison
Two-dimensional echocardiography and surgical… vs 30 cases with atrioventricular septal defects
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support 2D echo differentiation of isolated mitral clefts by cleft direction; case report leaves open prospective validation.
Can two-dimensional echocardiography differentiate isolated anterior mitral clefts from clefts associated with atrioventricular septal defects?
Two-dimensional echocardiography can reliably differentiate isolated anterior mitral clefts from those associated with atrioventricular septal defects based on the anatomical direction the cleft points.
Smallhorn et al. (1982) studied this question.
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