Echogenic mass

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Echogenic masses are echocardiographic findings that attached to the valve leaflet. Possible causes are;

1. vegetation
2. myxomatous degeneration
3. cuspal tear
4. reduntant chordae
5. fibroelastoma
6. fibrinous strand
7. Lamb’s excrescence
8. Beam width artifact

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