title: Isolated cleft mitral valve with severe regurgitation resulting in a left inferior pulmonary vein varix diagnosed from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Isolated cleft mitral valve (ICMV) is a rare entity not known to be related to pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect (PA-VSD). This report describes the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging to diagnose ICMV in a patient with repaired PA-VSD who presented with incidental severe mitral regurgitation (MR) on follow-up echocardiography. An associated pulmonary varix secondary to the severe MR also was shown by CMR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Singapore. lynette_ls_teo@nuhs.edu.sg
authors.forename: Lynette L S
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.forename: Cindy P P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hia
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Quek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis*