Mitral chord rupture
An elderly 69 years old male patient suffered a car accident. The steering wheel hit him in the chest area. He complained of severe shortness of breath and pain in the sternum area. A severe mitral regurgitation was revealed during the transthoracic echocardiography. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography before the surgery. ME LAX View (mid-esophageal, long axis). During a diastole a ruptured mitral valve posterior cusp moves (flotting) with the blood flow.
Credit
Maria Ivanova
Dimensions
3000 x 2019 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
10 x 7 inches / 25 x 17 cm
