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

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 vent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ghazal, Sami Nimer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5989547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29911013
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_74_17
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Sumario: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.

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