Mitral valve aneurysm revealed by cross-sectional echocardiography in a patient with mitral valve prolapse.
We report a cerebral ischemia in a 23-year-old woman, in whom a mitral valve aneurysm with thrombotic masses was diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography. A prolapsing mitral leaflet was also visualized.
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis*