Satellite atrial septal vegetations
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Satellite atrial septal vegetations.
1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 40-year-old lady was admitted with a week’s history of fever and dyspnoea. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed 0.5 × 0.5 cm vegetation on the posterior mitral leafl et with a severe eccentric mitral regurgitation (MR) hugging the left atrial aspect of anterior mitral leafl et and the interatrial septum (IAS) which was confi rmed by a transoesophageal echocardiogram ( fi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.03.2011.3993