A rare case of an aberrant anterior mitral valve chord resulting in severe mitral regurgitation

A 49 year old female presented with severe dyspnoea due to mitral regurgitation. Echocardiography revealed an aberrant mitral valve chord causing severe mitral regurgitation. The aberrant chord extended between the anterior mitral valve leaflet (AMVL) and the atrial septum causing AMVL prolapse. Res...

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Autores principales: Khan, H, Chaubey, S, Kenny, CA, MacCarthy, P, Wendler, O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2011
Materias:
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24950581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2011.5.1

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