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A 78 year-old male patient presented with a short history of malaise and increasing dyspnoea on exertion. He had no history of rheumatic fever or infective endocarditis. He was being followed up with serial echocardiography after the recent discovery of a systolic murmur.
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Moorjani, N., Rana, B.S., Wells, F.C. (2018). Posterior Mitral Valve Leaflet Prolapse. In: Operative Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4204-1_7
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