title: An incidental finding of mitral valve network.
abstract: A 63-year-old male presented with a 6-month history of worsening exertional dyspnea and was found to have three-vessel coronary artery disease. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a filamentous structure attached to the anterior mitral valve leaflet, which was confirmed during surgery as filamentous network. To our knowledge, this is the first report to describe such a network attached to the mitral valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed A R
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chamsi-Pasha
authors.forename: Ashraf M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Anwar
authors.forename: Youssef F M
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Nosir
authors.forename: Walid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Abukhudair
authors.forename: Abdullah K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ashmeg
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chamsi-Pasha
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome