Transoesophageal three-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of Barlows disease

Description

A 67-year-old man with a year history of palpitations and dyspnoea presented to the physician's office. His blood pressure was 140/80 mm Hg and pulse was 80 beats/min. Heart auscultation revealed a loud systolic click followed by a holosystolic murmur. The ECG showed sinus rhythm, P wave +/– in V1 and P wave duration 140 ms in DII. The Holter monitoring showed atrial extrasystoles and an episode of atrial tachycardia (figure 1A).

Figure 1

(A) The Holter monitoring showed atrial extrasystoles and an episode of atrial tachycardia. (B) M-mode echocardiogram showed late systolic sagging of the mitral valve. (C) Transoesophageal echocardiogram showed clearly the prolapsing mitral leaflets and severe mitral regurgitation. (D,E) Three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging demonstrated bileaflet prolapse. Mitral model showed prolapse of the P1, P2, P3 and A1, A2, A3.

The transthoracic echocardiogram M-mode showed late systolic sagging of the mitral...

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