## Abstract We report a rare case of association between mitral valve fibroelastoma and myxomatous disease in a patient with long history of asymptomatic myxomatous disease and progressive severe mitral regurgitation. The tumor was an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic finding and was
Pulmonary varix associated with mitral valve disease
β Scribed by Narula, Jagat ;Talwar, K. K. ;Bharani, Anil ;Mukhopadhyaya, S. ;Rajani, M. ;Bhatia, M. L.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 304 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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