Parachute mitral valve and a large ventricular septal defect in an asymptomatic adult

M Abelson

Parachute mitral valve and a large ventricular septal defect in an asymptomatic adult

Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2001 Aug-Sep;12(4):212-4.

Author

M Abelson¹

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Clinic, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town.

PMID: 11717699

Abstract

I report here on an asymptomatic 28-year-old man with a parachute mitral valve associated with a significant ventricular septal defect and a stenosing supravalvular mitral ring. This condition has not been reported previously in an asymptomatic adult.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnostic imaging*
Adult
Cardiac Catheterization
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / physiopathology
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / abnormalities*
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging