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A Unique Case of Parachute Mitral Valve in an Adult: An Abnormally Long Chorda Tendinea
Author(s) -
Isılak Zafer,
Deveci Onur Sinan,
Yalcın Murat,
Uz Omer,
Dogan Mehmet,
Uzun Mehmet
Publication year - 2012
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/j.1540-8175.2012.01778.x
Subject(s) - chorda , parasternal line , medicine , cardiology , ventricle , mitral valve , papillary muscle , precordial examination , stenosis , physical examination , electrocardiography , taste , chemistry , food science
A 24‐year‐old man referred to our department for echocardiographic examination after a 2/6 precordial holosystolic murmur is being heard on routine physical examination. Transthoracic echocardiography in the parasternal long‐and short‐axis and apical views demonstrated an abnormally long chorda tendinea in the left ventricle and the chordal insertions of both of the mitral valve leafl ets were to a single large papillary muscle, creating a parachute valve. Doppler assessment yielded neither signifi cant mitral stenosis nor left ventricular out flow tract obstruction. Finally, no medical or surgical therapy was planned and an annual control examination with an echocardiography was recommended to the patient.