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SummaryBackground: Decreased contractile reserve may already be present in asymptomatic patients with aortic regurgitation and normal ejection fraction (EF), thus indicating the need for frequent and accurate assessments of the left ventricular function for the early detection of systolic dysfunction.

Purpose -To describe transesophageal echocardiographic findings in patients presenting with flail mitral valve and to obtain their clinical follow-up.Methods Artigo OriginalRuptura de cordoalha tendínea da valva mitral foi descrita em 1806 1 , porém, apenas recentemente sua freqüência como causa de doença valvar mitral, tem sido apreciada. A ruptura de cordoalha com conseqüente falha na coaptação dos folhetos representa hoje a causa mais comum de

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