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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on March 5, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen109
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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

Incremental utility of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis and preoperative assessment of cleft mitral valve in adults

Ashok Kondur, Sridevi Pitta and Luis Afonso*

Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Harper University Hospital, 8 Brush, Division of Cardiology, 3990 John R. Detroit, MI 48201, USA

Received 5 December 2007; .

* Corresponding author. Tel: +1 313 745 2620; fax: +1 313 993 8627. E-mail address: lafonso{at}dmc.org


  Abstract

Cleft mitral valve is a rare congenital anomaly that may present in isolation or accompany other cardiac malformations. Our illustrative case series highlights the advantages of three-dimensional over conventional two-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis and morphologic assessment cleft mitral valve in adults.

Keywords: Cleft mitral valve; 3D echocardiography; Mitral regurgitation


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