Sercan OKUTUCU

Surgical view of mitral PVLs (A), 4-D view of mechanical mitral valve (B). In assessing mitral PVLs, the area of dehiscence can be detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) as an area of echo drop-out outside the sewing ring and presence of the PVL on color-flow imaging. ................
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