Why the study?
Does left ventriculography accurately diagnose individual scallop prolapse in patients with severe mitral regurgitation due to posterior mitral leaflet prolapse?
Population
16 patients with proven prolapse of the posterior mitral leaflet and severe mitral regurgitation
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May aid scallop identification by ventriculography in severe MR; leaves open prospective validation before clinical use.
Does left ventriculography accurately diagnose individual scallop prolapse in patients with severe mitral regurgitation due to posterior mitral leaflet prolapse?
Left ventriculography in the right anterior oblique projection can accurately identify individual scallop prolapse in patients with severe mitral regurgitation due to posterior leaflet prolapse.
Ranganathan et al. (1973) studied this question.
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