title: Parachute mitral valve and a large ventricular septal defect in an asymptomatic adult.
abstract: I report here on an asymptomatic 28-year-old man with a parachute mitral valve associated with a significant ventricular septal defect and a stenosing supravalvular mitral ring. This condition has not been reported previously in an asymptomatic adult.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Clinic, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abelson
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging