title: Mitral valve chordal rupture masquerades as endocarditis.
abstract: Mitral valve chordal rupture is often associated with an inciting event. There are very few reported pediatric cases of spontaneous mitral valve chordal rupture. We describe a 9-year-old boy with a history of mitral valve prolapse who developed spontaneous mitral valve chordal rupture without evidence of endocarditis or trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. cbaird@sanger-clinic.com
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Constantinos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lansford
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Pigula
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002815:Chordae Tendineae; D015897:Comorbidity; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000453:epidemiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color