Severe Prosthetic Mitral Valve Regurgitation Hidden by Acoustic Shadowing: The Importance of Spectral Doppler in Prosthetic Valve Assessment

CASE (Phila). 2024 May 7;8(6):359-363. doi: 10.1016/j.case.2024.03.004. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Authors

Maria Chiara Carnazzo¹, Boshra M Al Ibraheem², Andrew D Calvin³

Affiliations

¹ Post-graduate School of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
² Department of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

No abstract available

Keywords: Dehiscence; Flow masking; Prosthetic mitral valve dysfunction; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports