Obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract by the mitral valve due to a muscle band

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1983 Jun;85(6):938-40.

Abstract

This paper details a rare cause of subaortic obstruction--a muscle band tethering the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve to the ventricular septum. Excision of this band released the leaflet and cured the obstruction. The patient also had a discrete subaortic membranous obstruction, the membrane being excised.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular / etiology*
  • Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular / surgery
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / etiology*
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / abnormalities*
  • Mitral Valve / surgery