Intraoperative trans-esophageal 3D ‘surgeon’s view of a tilting disk prosthetic heart valve, showing a mass at the 6 o’clock position (marked by the arrow). Surgical examination showed it to be a prolapsing chordae fragment obstructing valve closure and causing regurgitation.
by Nischitha Gowda, Sunder L Negi, Rajarajan Ganesan, Subhrashis Guha Niyogi, Avneet Singh, Harkant Singh
Transvalvular Regurgitation across a Tilting Disk Prosthetic Mitral Valve: Role of Intraoperative Real-time Threedimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography
