Double mitral valve orifice and primary pulmonary hypertension.
We describe the combination of double mitral valve orifice of the complete bridge variety, or type 1, and primary pulmonary hypertension, a previously unreported association. The complete diagnosis was established by two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography and the hemodynamics corroborated by cardiac catheterization.
Mendelsohn
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Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Cole
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Sutton
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D000328:Adult; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital