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Midesophageal long-axis view with color-flow Doppler demonstrating anterior mitral
leaflet flail, a posteriorly directed mitral regurgitant jet exhibiting the Coanda
effect, and a subvalvular vegetation in the mitral chordal apparatus.
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Preoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) showed a left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) of 65%-75%, normal right ventricular systolic function, and severe mitral regurgitation with vegetation (Figure 1).