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Does exploratory "continuous scanning" in echocardiography facilitate the diagnosis of ruptured chordae tendineae?
Does exploratory "continuous scanning" in echocardiography facilitate the diagnosis of ruptured chordae tendineae?
Exploratory continuous scanning during echocardiography can help clarify and verify the diagnosis of ruptured mitral valve chordae tendineae.
May facilitate echocardiographic verification of ruptured chordae tendineae in select cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Echocardiographic diagnosis of rupture of the chordae tendineae to the anterior and posterior leaflets of the mitral valve may be difficult to make. Two patients, one with rupture of chordae tendineae to the posterior leaflet and the other with rupture of chordae tendineae to the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve, are reported to illustrate the use of an exploratory "continuous scanning" technique to facilitate and verify the echocardiographic diagnosis of these disorders. The elimination of confusing echocardiograms is emphasized.
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