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Dissection of the posterior mitral leaflet

^a Cardiac Surgery Unit, Civic Hospital, Brescia, Italy
^b Experimental Cardiac Surgery Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy

Received 27 April 2007; received in revised form 6 August 2007; accepted 14 August 2007.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Civic Hospital, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25125 Brescia, Italy. Tel.: +39 030 3995636; fax: +39 030 3995004. (Email: roberto_lorusso@iol.it).

Key Words: Mitral valve • Mitral valve repair • Rheumatic • Valve disease

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A 63-year-old man presented with severe mitral insufficiency due to rheumatic disease. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a dissection of the posterior mitral leaflet (Fig. 1 ). . . . [Full Text of this Article]