title: Infective endocarditis in a parachute-like asymmetrical mitral valve.
abstract: A 21-year-old woman was admitted to our unit with suspected infective endocarditis. Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiogram demonstrated vegetation in a parachute-like asymmetrical mitral valve with severe mitral regurgitation. She was completely asymptomatic before this presentation. Though there was no evidence of mitral stenosis, this deformity is associated with transvalvular turbulence, which would account for the increased likelihood of infective endocarditis. She underwent a prosthetic mitral valve replacement with a 21 mm ATS mechanical valve.
authors.affiliation: The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Nethermayne, Basildon, UK. refais@gmail.com
authors.forename: Refai
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Showkathali
authors.forename: Inderpaul
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Birdi
authors.forename: Azhar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khokhar
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult