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Detection of strands in native aortic valves by transesophageal echocardiography
T Menzel1, S Mohr-Kahaly, K J Arnold
1Second Medical Clinic and the Institute for Statistics and Data Processing, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
Prevalence and echocardiographic characteristics of strands on the leaflets of native aortic valves were examined. According to our data, the strands we found in 39% of patients are most likely Lambl's excrescences.