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Transthoracic echocardiography (four-chamber view) showing an echogenic mass attached to the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve (MV) measuring 2.3 cm x 1.3 cm
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An urgent echocardiography revealed an echogenic mass attached to the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve measuring 2.3 cm x 1.3 cm [Figure 1] with a pulmonary artery pressure of 44 mmHg.
Intraoperative transesophegeal echocardiography (color flow Doppler, four-chamber view) showing prosthetic MV repair with severe mitral regurgitation jet
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Intraoperative transesophegeal echocardiography confirmed an echogenic mass on the prosthetic mitral valve with severe mitral regurgitation [Figure 2].
Pictograph of mitral annuloplasty ring with remnant vegetation and part of the excised native mitral leaflet
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There was a large mass on the ventricular surface of the mitral valve [Figure 3].