Severe mitral regurgitation due to an extraordinary heart defect
| Autor: | Jerónimo Farré Muncharaz, Marcelino Cortés García, Álvaro García-Ropero, Gonzalo Aldamiz Echevarría |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0301 basic medicine
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Heart Defects Congenital Male medicine.medical_specialty Heart defect 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Asymptomatic Severity of Illness Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Suture (anatomy) Internal medicine Mitral valve medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Cardiac Surgical Procedures Posterior mitral leaflet Mitral regurgitation business.industry Mitral Valve Insufficiency Middle Aged Cardiac surgery 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure cardiovascular system Cardiology Mitral Valve Surgery medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 23(3) |
| ISSN: | 1569-9285 |
| Popis: | A previously non-described cause of mitral regurgitation is presented. An asymptomatic 50-year old male who was casually diagnosed of mitral valve Barlow's disease underwent cardiac surgery due to severe mitral regurgitation. In the operating theatre, a longitudinal fissure of 1.5-2.0 cm length, along the posterior mitral leaflet, was found responsible for the insufficiency. This defect had features of a potential congenital origin and it was successfully repaired with direct suture. Whether it is an atypical mitral cleft, a variation of Barlow's morphology spectrum or a new congenital heart defect remains unclear. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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