Open AccessEchocardiographic assessment and successful valvular repair of congenital mitral arcade
Author(s) -
Paola Scocco,
Benedetta De Chiara,
Corrado Taglieri,
Antonella Moreo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/2211-4122.161781
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , mitral valve repair , mitral valve , systole , mitral valve replacement , diastole , blood pressure
Anomalous mitral arcade is a rare congenital anomaly affecting the mitral tensor apparatus. This condition causes a restrictive movement of the leaflets and interferes with the normal closure of the valve during ventricular systole. We report a case of a 15-year-old female with this condition and initial left ventricular dysfunction, who successfully underwent mitral valve repair. This reparative technique is more technically challenging then valve replacement and only few cases are described in literature.