Congenital intracardiac band: a rare cause of nonrheumatic combined aortic and mitral regurgitation.
A patient had a congenital intracardiac band lying across the aortic valve that caused combined aortic and mitral valvular regurgitation. The band was excised, and the damaged aortic valve was replaced with a prosthesis. The case illustrates that not all congenital intracardiac bands are completely asymptomatic and not all bivalvular incompetence is rheumatic in origin.
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology