Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Jan 2009
Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the intraoperative assessment of mitral valve disease.
The aims of this study were to evaluate the feasibility of real-time 3-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography in the intraoperative assessment of mitral valve (MV) pathology and to compare this novel technique with 2-dimensional (2D) transesophageal echocardiography. ⋯ Real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography is a feasible method for identifying specific MV pathology in the setting of complex disease and can be expeditiously used in the intraoperative evaluation of patients undergoing MV repair.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Jan 2009
Case ReportsAbnormally thickened papillary muscle resulting in dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: an unusual presentation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
We report the case of a symptomatic 18-year-old patient, gene-positive for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), who presented with symptomatic dynamic left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction caused by an abnormally thickened papillary muscle in the absence of septal hypertrophy. This was confirmed using multimodality imaging, including echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. He successfully underwent surgery for papillary muscle realignment without septal myectomy.