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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on December 13, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen318
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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

Recognition of a cleft mitral valve utilizing real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography

Koichi Nomoto1, Ingrid Hollinger1, Gabriele DiLuozzo2 and Gregory W. Fischer1,2,*

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA
2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Received 9 September 2008; accepted after revision 22 November 2008.

* Corresponding author: Tel: +1 917 608 5301, Fax: +1 212 426 2009. E-mail address: gregory.fischer{at}mountsinai.org


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We present a case in which real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography was utilized to obtain better understanding of a cleft mitral valve. Additionally, the embryological development of a cleft mitral valve will be reiterated.

Keywords: Real-time 3D TEE; Cleft mitral valve; Cardiac surgery


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