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Leaflet tear or what? A challenging echocardiographic diagnosis after percutaneous mitral valve edge-to-edge repair

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  1. Cardiovascular Center, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, 1173 Arita, Miyazaki, 880-2102, Japan

    Makoto Furugen, Nozomi Watanabe, Toshiyuki Kimura, Mitsuhiro Yano & Yoshisato Shibata

  2. Department of Cardiology, Hokkaido Cardiovascular Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

    Makoto Furugen

  3. Division of Cardiovascular Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

    Nozomi Watanabe

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Furugen, M., Watanabe, N., Kimura, T. et al. Leaflet tear or what? A challenging echocardiographic diagnosis after percutaneous mitral valve edge-to-edge repair. J Echocardiogr 21, 61–62 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-021-00550-9

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