Early-Term Perforation after Mitral Valve Repair And Significance of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
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Early-Term Perforation after Mitral Valve Repair And Significance of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

Cyprus J Med Sci 2017;2(3):79-80 DOI: 10.5152/cjms.2018.292
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Abstract

Diagnosis of complications following valvular surgery is established by echocardiographic examination, principally with transesophageal echocardiography and three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography. Valvular perforation is very rarely seen and is particularly related to infective endocarditis. We present the case of a patient with valvular perforation that occurred in the early postoperative period and was diagnosed using 3D echocardiography.

Keywords: Surgery, perforation, echocardiography