Hypoplasia or Absence of Posterior Leaflet: A Rare Congenital Anomaly of The Mitral Valve in Adulthood – Case Series

We present a case series of two adult patients with almost complete absence of the posterior mitral valve leaflet and who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, with two different degrees of mitral regurgitation.

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Autores principales: Parato, Vito Maurizio, Masia, Stefano Lucio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29629259
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_73_17
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spelling pubmed-58751352018-04-06 Hypoplasia or Absence of Posterior Leaflet: A Rare Congenital Anomaly of The Mitral Valve in Adulthood – Case Series Parato, Vito Maurizio Masia, Stefano Lucio J Cardiovasc Echogr Case Report We present a case series of two adult patients with almost complete absence of the posterior mitral valve leaflet and who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, with two different degrees of mitral regurgitation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5875135/ /pubmed/29629259 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_73_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Cardiovascular Echography http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Hypoplasia or Absence of Posterior Leaflet: A Rare Congenital Anomaly of The Mitral Valve in Adulthood – Case Series
title Hypoplasia or Absence of Posterior Leaflet: A Rare Congenital Anomaly of The Mitral Valve in Adulthood – Case Series
title_full Hypoplasia or Absence of Posterior Leaflet: A Rare Congenital Anomaly of The Mitral Valve in Adulthood – Case Series
title_fullStr Hypoplasia or Absence of Posterior Leaflet: A Rare Congenital Anomaly of The Mitral Valve in Adulthood – Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Hypoplasia or Absence of Posterior Leaflet: A Rare Congenital Anomaly of The Mitral Valve in Adulthood – Case Series
title_short Hypoplasia or Absence of Posterior Leaflet: A Rare Congenital Anomaly of The Mitral Valve in Adulthood – Case Series
title_sort hypoplasia or absence of posterior leaflet: a rare congenital anomaly of the mitral valve in adulthood – case series
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29629259
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_73_17
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