Accessory Mitral Valve Tissue Causing Severe Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in a Post-Senning Patient with Transposition of the Great Arteries
Author(s) -
Prashanth Panduranga,
Eapen Thomas,
Salim Nasser Al-Maskari,
Abdullah Al-Farqani
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
heart international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.183
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2036-2579
pISSN - 1826-1868
DOI - 10.4081/hi.2011.e6
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , great arteries , cardiology , asymptomatic , mitral valve , surgery , transposition (logic) , heart disease , linguistics , philosophy
Accessory mitral valve tissue is a rare congenital anomaly associated with congenital cardiac defects and is usually detected in the first decade of life. We describe the case of an 18-year old post-Senning asymptomatic patient who was found to have accessory mitral valve tissue on transthoracic echocardiography producing severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
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