title: [Calcification of mitral anulus and mitral valve prolapse. Description of a case with severe mitral valve insufficiency].
abstract: We report the case of a women, 40 years old, suffering from a severe mitral insufficiency caused by the simultaneous presence of three anatomical anomalies: mitral valve prolapse, mitral anulus dilation and calcification. Such degrees of calcification are generally found in older people and in association with a similar degeneration of all the fibrous skeleton of the heart. Whereas the association of mitral valve prolapse with mitral anulus dilation has been clearly remarked, a few cases (16 as a whole in our knowledge) with scanty details documented the possibility of an associated mitral anulus calcification.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Calcificazione dell'anulus mitralico e prolasso valvolare mitralico. Descrizione di un caso con insufficienza metralica severa.