title: Double orifice mitral valve and bicuspid aortic valve: pieces of the same single puzzle?
abstract: Double orifice mitral valve is a very rare congenital abnormality. Well known associations of this pathology with other congenital lesions point to a complex and central pathophysiological mechanism leading to a sequence of pathologies. These associations have long been realized and arbitrarily defined as Shone complex. We would like to present a 21-year-old patient with double orifice mitral valve associated with bicuspid aortic valve, with a brief review of the literature on possible central mechanisms leading to different subsets of congenital abnormalities involving these two.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Van Region Training and Research Hospital, 65300 Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Faysal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Şaylık
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Van Region Training and Research Hospital, 65300 Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferit Onur
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Mutluer
authors.affiliation: Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, 34303 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aydın
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Van Region Training and Research Hospital, 65300 Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Selçuk