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European Heart Journal 1982 3(1):88-90;
Copyright © 1982 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1982 by The European Society of Cardiology

Unusual echocardiographic findings in the Marfan syndrome

A. SCHNEEWEISS, A. FEIGL, M. MOTRO, L. C. BLIEDEN and H. N. NEUFELD

Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, Israel

Received 8 April 1981; .

Requests for reprints to: Adam Schneeweiss, M.D., Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Abstract

In two young siblings with Marfan syndrome and severe mitral insufficiency, unusual M-mode echocardiographic features were found. In one a myxoma-like pattern was demonstrated. In the other the posterior mitral leaflet echo separated in diastole into two echoes, one moving anteriorly and one moving posteriorly. In both cases systolic fluttering of the anterior mitral leaflet and pansystolic prolapse of the posterior mitral leaflet were found. Pathologic study of the mitral valve clarified these unusual findings.Received for publication 8 April 1981.

Key Words: Marfan-syndrome • M-mode echocardiography


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