title: Mitral valve cleft in both anterior and posterior leaflet: an extremely rare anomaly.
abstract: We herein report the case of a woman with clefts in the anterior and posterior mitral leaflets causing mitral insufficiency. The patient developed heart failure symptoms in the eighth decade of life and underwent mitral valve repair, with suture closure of both clefts. The reasons of its late presentation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, Laval Hospital, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Siamak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergeron
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Voisine
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Desaulniers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography