title: Spontaneous resolution of severe mitral regurgitation in a patient with a flail mitral valve.
abstract: Flail mitral valve usually causes severe mitral regurgitation, which may lead to left ventricular dysfunction if left uncorrected. The authors present a case of flail posterior mitral valve leaflet and severe mitral regurgitation in which mitral valve adaptation led to enlargement of the anterior mitral valve leaflet, decrease in mitral regurgitation, and reverse left ventricular remodeling without any need for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Ihab
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Asmer
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adawi
authors.forename: Moshe Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Flugelman
authors.forename: Avinoam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shiran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017257:Ramipril / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D013777:Tetrazoles; D017257:Ramipril; C081643:candesartan