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Diagnostic value of transesophageal echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease and mitral insufficiency

M. DrexlerWittlich NRaimund ErbelJ. MeyerSusanne Mohr-kahaly

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medicine.medical_specialtyMitral regurgitationHeart diseasebusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseCoronary artery diseasemedicine.anatomical_structureInternal medicineMitral valveHeart catheterizationcardiovascular systemmedicineCardiologyMitral valve prolapsecardiovascular diseasesRadiologyMyocardial infarctionbusinessPapillary muscle

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Any diagnosis of mitral regurgitation must always include the etiology. The clinical history is only rarely informative, as are chest x-ray examinations. The ECG is of value to diagnose coronary artery disease with or without previous myocardial infarction — but further differentiation is not possible. During heart catheterization mitral insufficiency can be diagnosed and quantified according to Seller’s classification [1]. A differentiation of etiology is only rarely possible. Rheumatic heart disease and mitral valve prolapse can be differentiated.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1991-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08027-6_8