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Journal of Echocardiography
Published in: Journal of Echocardiography 1/2018

01-03-2018 | Case image in cardiovascular ultrasound

Prominent v wave as a result of left atrial stiffening

Authors: Katsuji Inoue, Chiharuko Iio, Hiroshi Kawakami, Takayuki Nagai, Takafumi Okura, Jitsuo Higaki, Shuntaro Ikeda

Published in: Journal of Echocardiography | Issue 1/2018

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A 57-year-old woman was diagnosed as constrictive pericarditis with moderate primary mitral regurgitation (MR) due to mitral valve prolapse. The anterior surface of her heart was tightly adhered behind the sternum because of extensive resection of invasive thymoma, including the pericardium with radiation therapy, at the age of 29 years. …
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Title
Prominent v wave as a result of left atrial stiffening
Authors
Katsuji Inoue
Chiharuko Iio
Hiroshi Kawakami
Takayuki Nagai
Takafumi Okura
Jitsuo Higaki
Shuntaro Ikeda
Publication date
01-03-2018
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Journal of Echocardiography / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1349-0222
Electronic ISSN: 1880-344X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-017-0348-2

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