“Giant eustachian valve with echocardiographic appearance of patent foramen ovale: Role of Color Doppler echocardiography for accurate diagnosis”
The Eustachian valve (EV) is an embryonic remnant of the sinus venosus. In adults, this structure may be completely absent or it may appear as a thin flap on echocardiography. However, in some patients, it may persist as a long mobile structure in the right atrium, and simulate structural cardiac de...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-09-01
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| Series: | IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X20300086 |