Isolated true parachute mitral valve in an asymptomatic elderly patient.
We report the extremely rare case of a 73-year-old asymptomatic patient who has an isolated true parachute mitral valve (PMV). In the echocardiographic examination, the parasternal long-axis view showed a single papillary muscle. The short-axis view revealed the presence of a symmetric mitral valve orifice with all chordae attaching to a large anterolateral papillary muscle. Because detailed examination did not reveal the presence of other complications, this patient was diagnosed as an isolated true PMV.
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Tetsushi
T
Yamamoto
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan. tonishi@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
Tetsuari
T
Onishi
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Alaa Marbrouk Salem
AM
Omar
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Kazuko
K
Norisada
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Kazuhiro
K
Tatsumi
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Kensuke
K
Matsumoto
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Nobuhide
N
Hayashi
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Shouhiro
S
Kinoshita
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan.|Department of Clinical Pathology and Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Seiji
S
Kawano
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Hiroya
H
Kawai
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Ken-Ichi
K
Hirata
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan.|Department of Clinical Pathology and Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Shunichi
S
Kumagai
Asymptomatic; Echocardiography; Isolated; Parachute mitral valve