Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of a dehisced Carpentier mitral ring

Echocardiography. 2000 Nov;17(8):731-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01227.x.

Abstract

We describe an unusual case of gross dehiscence of a Carpentier mitral ring, not due to bacterial endocarditis, causing severe mitral valve insufficiency and cardiac failure. Diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Mitral valve replacement was then performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Treatment Outcome