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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Suheyla Ozkutlu
Suheyla Ozkutlu
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Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 310 4258; Fax: +90 312 309 0220; E-mail: suheylaozkutlu@yahoo.com
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , August 2004, pp. 466
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

Dear Sir,

My colleagues and I thank Dr Fesslova for her interest in our study. We have re-evaluated our data to try to answer her question, and we also commend her on the recent publication in the Italian Journal of Paediatrics. Only two of our 21 patients with innocent murmurs have mitral regurgitation of moderate severity. All the others have mild regurgitation. In one of the two patients initially with moderate regurgitation, the lesion has regressed and returned to within normal limits. The other patient still has moderate regurgitation and continues to be followed up. We agree with Dr Fesslova that Doppler echocardiography is an essential technique for the recognition of mild lesions.