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Fig. 13.1 Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) parasternal long-axis view showed a 3.7 × 3.6-cm, highly mobile echodensity (arrows) with frond-like projections in the left ventricle (LV), attached to the posterior mitral valve leaflet…

Fig. 9.1 Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) parasternal long-axis view showing dilatation of the coronary sinus (CS) in the setting of persistent left superior vena cava and mitral regurgitation (arrow). Ao aorta,…

Fig. 10.1 Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) four-chamber view showing ruptured chordae tendineae of the posterior leaflet. The ruptured chordae (arrow) are seen as a freely moving structure from the left ventricle…

Fig. 1.1 Endocardial cushion embryological development of the atrioventricular valves occurs between gestational weeks 5 and 8 [Figures a–c] The mitral valve apparatus is a complicated structure consisting of the…

Fig. 3.1 Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), parasternal long-axis view showing a mass with round, smooth borders and a heterogeneous echo density located at the posterior mitral annulus (arrows). Ao aorta, LA…

Fig. 2.1 M-mode imaging at the mitral valve tips M-mode imaging can be performed across the mitral valve from the apical approach with the addition of color Doppler (Fig. 2.2)….

Fig. 8.1 Spectral Doppler echocardiographic image across the LVOT after Valsalva maneuver demonstrating a characteristic late-peaking “dagger-shaped” signal suggestive of severe dynamic LVOT obstruction, characteristic of HOCM Video 8.1 Two-dimensional…