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From: Left atrial dissection after a supra-annular mitral valve replacement for endocarditis

Fig. 1

Left atrial dissection visualized in transesophageal echocardiography. a, b, d Mid-oesophageal 4-chamber view, the false aneurysm is squeezing the left atrium in systole (a, b), and drained in the left ventricle in diastole (d). c Mid-oesophageal 4-chamber view with colour-doppler illustrating the para-valvular leakage. e, f mid-oesophageal 4-chamber view in systole (f) and diastole (e). FA: false aneurysm, LA: left atrium, LV: left ventricle, RA: right atrium

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