Multiple valvular regurgitation associated with bromocriptine therapy
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Microbubbles in the left ventricle associated with mechanical aortic valve regurgitation signifies valvular (not peri-valvular) regurgitation.
A 67-year-old female presented with progressive dyspnea. Physical examination was significant for a wide pulse pressure and a murmur of aortic regurgitation. Five years earlier, she received a bileaflet mechanical aortic valve prosthesis (St. Jude) for symptomatic aortic stenosis. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed findings of severe prosthetic valve regurgitation (Fig. 1, movie clip S1)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1875-2136
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2012.06.007