Mitral insufficiency with congenital double-orifice mitral valve in an elderly patient.
We describe the case of a 79-year-old woman with mitral insufficiency and a double-orifice mitral valve (DOMV), discovered by echocardiography. Transthoracic echocardiography showed two insufficiency jets. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a DOMV. Each orifice was provided with a subvalvular apparatus. No associated congenital abnormalities were present. Our case demonstrates that even in elderly patients with a double regurgitant jet, DOMV should be suspected and assessed by transesophageal echocardiography.
Heyse
A M
AM
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, AZ St-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium.
Vanhercke
D
D
Nimmegeers
J
J
Missault
L
L
Claeys
R
R
Hollanders
G
G
Versée
L
L
D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging