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Real time three-dimensional echocardiography provided detailed anatomical evaluation of a funnel-shaped pannus causing severe obstruction above a mitral prosthetic valve.
Case Report (n=1)
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Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography provides incremental value in diagnosing the localization and extent of pannus formation in prosthetic valve obstruction.
May aid pannus assessment in prosthetic obstruction; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.
Prosthetic valve obstruction due to pannus formation can be a life-threatening complication. We showed that real time three dimensional echocardiography has incremental value in diagnosing pannus localization and extent.
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Ocaklı et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Prosthetic valve obstruction due to pannus formation (n=1). Real time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT 3D TEE) was evaluated on Diagnosis of pannus localization and extent. Real time three-dimensional echocardiography provided detailed anatomical evaluation of a funnel-shaped pannus causing severe obstruction above a mitral prosthetic valve.
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