Mitral valve cleft in both anterior and posterior leaflet: an extremely rare anomaly

Siamak Mohammadi; Sébastien Bergeron; Pierre Voisine; Denis Desaulniers

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.031

Mitral valve cleft in both anterior and posterior leaflet: an extremely rare anomaly

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Dec;82(6):2287-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.031.

Authors

Siamak Mohammadi¹, Sébastien Bergeron, Pierre Voisine, Denis Desaulniers

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Surgery Department, Laval Hospital, Québec, Canada.

PMID: 17126157
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.031

Abstract

We herein report the case of a woman with clefts in the anterior and posterior mitral leaflets causing mitral insufficiency. The patient developed heart failure symptoms in the eighth decade of life and underwent mitral valve repair, with suture closure of both clefts. The reasons of its late presentation are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Female
Heart Valve Diseases / complications
Heart Valve Diseases / congenital*
Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Mitral Valve / abnormalities*
Mitral Valve / surgery
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Ultrasonography