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JACC Case Rep. 2020 Aug 19;2(10):1587-1588. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.042. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Valvular Disease Begets Valvular Disease.

JACC. Case reports

Diana DeCampos, Rogério Teixeira, João Lopes, Carolina Saleiro, Lino Gonçalves

Affiliations

  1. Cardiology Department, Coimbra University Hospital Center-General Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal.
  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

PMID: 34317024 PMCID: PMC8302200 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.042

Abstract

In acute severe aortic regurgitation, an inversion of pressure gradient from the left ventricle to the left atrium causes the classical sign of end-diastolic mitral regurgitation. Here we present a case of mid-diastolic mitral regurgitation in a 51-year-old man with severe aortic regurgitation secondary to infective endocarditis. (

© 2020 The Authors.

Keywords: AR, aortic regurgitation; DMR, diastolic mitral regurgitation; LV, left ventricular; aortic valve; echocardiography; endocarditis; insufficiency; mitral valve

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