title: Parachute mitral valve in a young adult with recurrent pulmonary oedema.
abstract: A parachute mitral valve is a rare congenital malformation resulting from fusion of the mitral chordae tendineae and their attachment to the one prominent papillary muscle. It can be found either as an isolated lesion or, more often, associated with left heart obstructive lesions, patent ductus arteriosus or ventricular septal defect. Congenital mitral stenosis usually presents with severe symptoms in early childhood, otherwise remains stable and hardly ever requires surgical intervention. We present a case of a young adult with severe stenosis of a parachute mitral valve and history of recurrent pulmonary oedema treated by mitral commissurotomy.
authors: Department of Adult Congenital Heart Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. jrybicka@ikard.pl
authors: Justyna
authors: J
authors: Rybicka
authors: Piotr
authors: P
authors: Dobrowolski
authors: Mariusz
authors: M
authors: Kuśmierczyk
authors: Jacek
authors: J
authors: Rózański
authors: Mirosław
authors: M
authors: Kowalski
authors: Piotr
authors: P
authors: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult