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Mitral degenerative valve leaflets suspected as primary valvular tumor: a case report
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  • Shiqiang Wang,
  • Huaidong Chen,
  • Ximing Qian,
  • Fan He
Shiqiang Wang
Department of Cardiac Surgery Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou China

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Huaidong Chen
Department of Cardiac Surgery Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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Ximing Qian
Department of Cardiac Surgery Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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Fan He
Department of Cardiac Surgery Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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Abstract

Introduction: Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnosis of heart disease. However, sometimes misdiagnosis information is also provided. Methods and Results: We report a rare case of preoperative echocardiography misdiagnosed as a primary mitral valvular tumor with severe regurgitation. During the surgery procedure, the true lesion was found to be mitral valve leaflet prolapse due to degenerative mitral valve disease. Conclusions: For individual patient, it may need to combine clinical symptoms and wide use of echocardiography and CT or MRI to make the optimal clinical decision.