• J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Sep 1992

    Case Reports

    Blood cyst of the mitral valve: detection by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.

    • S W Xie, O L Lu, and M H Picard.
    • Division of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital.
    • J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1992 Sep 1; 5 (5): 547-50.

    AbstractTwo-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography have become important modalities in the evaluation of the mechanism of symptomatic mitral regurgitation. We report the use of echocardiography in the detection of an unusual cause of mitral regurgitation, that of multiple large blood cysts involving the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve.

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