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An isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report
INTRODUCTION: The anterior mitral leaflet cleft is an unusual congenital lesion most often encountered in association with other congenital heart defects. The isolated anterior leaflet cleft is quite a rare anomaly and is usually cause of mitral valve regurgitation. The importance of the lesion is t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918532/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20626902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-26 |
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author | Minardi, Giovanni Leonetti, Stefania Bernardi, Leda Pulignano, Giovanni Pino, Paolo Giuseppe Boccardi, Lidia Manzara, Carla Musumeci, Francesco |
author_facet | Minardi, Giovanni Leonetti, Stefania Bernardi, Leda Pulignano, Giovanni Pino, Paolo Giuseppe Boccardi, Lidia Manzara, Carla Musumeci, Francesco |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The anterior mitral leaflet cleft is an unusual congenital lesion most often encountered in association with other congenital heart defects. The isolated anterior leaflet cleft is quite a rare anomaly and is usually cause of mitral valve regurgitation. The importance of the lesion is that it is often correctable. When feasible, cleft suture and, eventually, annuloplasty are preferable to valve replacement. Echocardiography is the first choice technique in the evaluation of mitral valve disease, providing useful information about valve anatomy and hemodynamic parameters. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of an isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft producing moderate-severe mitral regurgitation correctly identified by echocardiography and successfully surgically corrected. CONCLUSION: Isolated cleft is a rare aberration, that has to be known in order to be diagnosed. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography is the most useful non invasive technique for cleft diagnosis and to indicate the right surgical correction. |
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spelling | pubmed-29185322010-08-10 An isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report Minardi, Giovanni Leonetti, Stefania Bernardi, Leda Pulignano, Giovanni Pino, Paolo Giuseppe Boccardi, Lidia Manzara, Carla Musumeci, Francesco Cardiovasc Ultrasound Case Report INTRODUCTION: The anterior mitral leaflet cleft is an unusual congenital lesion most often encountered in association with other congenital heart defects. The isolated anterior leaflet cleft is quite a rare anomaly and is usually cause of mitral valve regurgitation. The importance of the lesion is that it is often correctable. When feasible, cleft suture and, eventually, annuloplasty are preferable to valve replacement. Echocardiography is the first choice technique in the evaluation of mitral valve disease, providing useful information about valve anatomy and hemodynamic parameters. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of an isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft producing moderate-severe mitral regurgitation correctly identified by echocardiography and successfully surgically corrected. CONCLUSION: Isolated cleft is a rare aberration, that has to be known in order to be diagnosed. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography is the most useful non invasive technique for cleft diagnosis and to indicate the right surgical correction. BioMed Central 2010-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2918532/ /pubmed/20626902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-26 Text en Copyright ©2010 Minardi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Minardi, Giovanni Leonetti, Stefania Bernardi, Leda Pulignano, Giovanni Pino, Paolo Giuseppe Boccardi, Lidia Manzara, Carla Musumeci, Francesco An isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report |
title | An isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report |
title_full | An isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report |
title_fullStr | An isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | An isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report |
title_short | An isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report |
title_sort | isolated anterior mitral leaflet cleft: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918532/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20626902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-26 |
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