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Echocardiography
; 32(11): 1732-5, 2015 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26096823
ABSTRACT
Parachute mitral valve (PMV) is a rare congenital anomaly of the mitral valve apparatus usually evidenced in infants and young children. Adult presentation is extremely rare and is generally mild in terms of mitral stenosis. A 73-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department due to progressive dyspnea, with NYHA functional class IV symptoms on presentation. The echocardiographic examination identified a PMV with moderate mitral stenosis and a secondary smaller subvalvular mitral orifice. The report shows the usefulness of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the detection and quantification of this rare anomaly.
Subject(s)
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional , Echocardiography, Transesophageal , Mitral Valve/abnormalities , Mitral Valve/diagnostic imaging , Aged , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation , Humans , Mitral Valve/surgery
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
; 16(5): 465, 2015 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25651854