Chronic Severe Mitral Regurgitation with Normal Left Ventricular Size - A Case with Coexisting Atrial Septal Defect

Sami Nimer Ghazal

doi:10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_74_17

Chronic Severe Mitral Regurgitation with Normal Left Ventricular Size - A Case with Coexisting Atrial Septal Defect

J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2018 Apr-Jun;28(2):133-137. doi: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_74_17.

Author

Sami Nimer Ghazal¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Severe chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) is known to cause left ventricular volume overload and subsequently left ventricular dilatation. Here, we present a case of a 68-year-old man with severe chronic MR which happened to coexist with atrial septal defect of secundum type leading to the right ventricular dilatation.

Keywords: Atrial septal defect; normal left ventricle size; severe mitral regurgitation.

Publication types

Case Reports