Accessory mitral valve tissue as a cause of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and probable cause of cerebrovascular accident.
Accessory mitral valve tissue is a rare finding in echocardiographic examinations. We report a case with an echocardiographically detected accessory mitral valve tissue which caused left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and was presumably responsible for a cerebrovascular accident.
Cemri
Mustafa
M
Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. mcemri@hotmail.com
Ozdemir
Murat
M
Cengel
Atiye
A
D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*