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Transesophageal echocardiography is invaluable in identifying the exact mechanism of prosthetic valve dysfunction to guide proper patient management.
Transesophageal echocardiography is a valuable imaging modality for elucidating the exact mechanism of bioprosthetic valve dysfunction to guide proper management.
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TEE identifies bioprosthetic mitral cusp tear mechanism in one case; leaves open routine perioperative role pending larger studies.
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is invaluable in identifying the exact mechanism of prosthetic valve dysfunction (PVD), which may help in the proper management of patient. Here, we report a case of severe mitral regurgitation due to flail mitral valve leaflet resulting from torn bioprosthetic cusp where TEE was instrumental in demonstrating the exact mechanism of valve dysfunction.
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