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Hypoplastic posterior mitral valve leaflet: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Pourafkari Leili,
BaghbaniOskouei Aidin,
Toufan Mehrnoush,
Ghaffari Samad,
Nader Nader D.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13898
Subject(s) - hypoplasia , medicine , mitral regurgitation , mitral valve , cardiology , regurgitation (circulation) , surgery
Hypoplasia of the mitral leaflets is rarely reported in adults. We reported a 45‐year‐old man presented to us with palpitation, dyspnea, and severe mitral regurgitation. In echocardiographic examination, an immobile hypoplastic posterior mitral leaflet ( PML ) was detected. A review of clinical and echocardiographic findings of all reported cases revealed that mitral regurgitation was the most common finding associated with PML hypoplasia/uni‐leaflet mitral valve. PML hypoplasia is rare and often an incidental diagnosis during echocardiography, which could be relatively well tolerated since adulthood and carries a good prognosis.