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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on May 10, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(6):726; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen168
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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K. Valchanov* and F.C. Wells

Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, UK

Received 9 April 2008; accepted after revision 20 April 2008; online publish-ahead-of-print 10 May 2008.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +44 1480 364 406. E-mail address: kvalchanov{at}hotmail.com


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Diagnostic imaging can sometimes reveal interesting shapes. In this case we describe a transoesophageal echocardiogram of a mitral valve prolapse in shape of a heart sign, which was successfully repaired.

Keywords: Mitral valve prolapse; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Investigation for mitral valve disease can provide a number of exciting and unexpected images. Here, we present an image from the intra-operative TOE mid-oesophageal four-chamber view where the prolapsing A3, P3, and the commissural part of the valve resembled a diagram of heart, giving the impression of Heart in the Heart. The repair of the defect was achieved by neocords and a ring, and produced excellent results (see Supplementary data online movie 1).

Supplementary data are available at European Journal of Echocardiography online.

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