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Editorial
. 2024;26(2):101099.
doi: 10.1016/j.jocmr.2024.101099. Epub 2024 Sep 20.

The mitral valve is still playing tricks on us

Benjamin Essayagh  1 , João L Cavalcante  2 , Maurice Enriquez-Sarano  3
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Editorial

The mitral valve is still playing tricks on us

Benjamin Essayagh et al. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2024.
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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interests Dr. Enriquez-Sarano receives consulting fees from Edwards, Cryolife, and Mardil. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Mitral valve prolapse and mitral annulus disjunction by transthoracic-echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Transthoracic-echocardiographic long-axis view in end-diastole displaying the mitral valve without MAD (upper left), and in end-systole with myxomatous posterior leaflet prolapse and MAD of 5 mm length (upper right). CMR three-chamber view in mid-diastole displaying the mitral valve without MAD (lower left), and in end-systole with bi-leaflet mitral valve prolapse and MAD of 4 mm length (lower right). MAD mitral annular disjunction
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