Mitral valve chordal rupture masquerades as endocarditis.
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.
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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
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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