Duplicate mitral valve in an infant with Shone's anomaly.
Duplication of mitral valve is a very rare anomaly. It is characterized by two independent mitral valve apparatuses (leaflets and annulus) and subvalvular apparatuses (chordae and papillary muscles) that function well by themselves. In this report, we present duplicate mitral valve with parachute chordal attachment and mitral stenosis in an infant. The patient was successfully treated with the reconstruction of the larger valve without any intervention to the smaller one.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baskent University, Istanbul Teaching and Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey. rturkoz@yahoo.com
Riza
R
Turkoz
Canan
C
Ayabakan
Can
C
Vuran
Oğuz
O
Omay
Selman Vefa
SV
Yildirim
N Kurşad
NK
Tokel
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography