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- Title
Hypoplastic posterior mitral valve leaflet: A case report and review of the literature.
- Authors
Pourafkari, Leili; Baghbani‐Oskouei, Aidin; Toufan, Mehrnoush; Ghaffari, Samad; Nader, Nader D.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL valve diseases; MITRAL valve insufficiency; SEVERITY of illness index
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2018, Vol 35, Issue 7, p1052
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/echo.13898