The role of echocardiography in assessing parachute mitral valve.
Treadmill exercise echocardiography with Doppler evaluation during effort has been used for several years in our department. The usefulness of this methodology in the management of patients with coronary heart disease is recognized but it is being increasingly used in patients with valvular heart disease. We report the case of a 44-year-old man with parachute mitral valve, in which transesophageal echocardiography characterized the pathology and exercise stress echocardiography was important for accurate functional assessment and clinical decisions.
Almeida
Sofia
S
Serviço de Cardiologia do Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal. sofia_almeida@netcabo.pt
Cotrim
Carlos
C
Miranda
Rita
R
Lopes
Luís
L
Almeida
Ana Rita
AR
Loureiro
Maria J
MJ
Simões
Otília
O
Cordeiro
Pedro
P
Fazendas
Paula
P
João
Isabel
I
Carrageta
Manuel
M
D000328:Adult; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*