Echocardiographic Assessment and Successful Valvular Repair of Congenital Mitral Arcade.

ABSTRACT: Anomalous mitral arcade is a rare congenital anomaly affecting the mitral tensor apparatus. This condition causes a restrictive movement of the leaflets and interferes with the normal closure of the valve during ventricular systole. We report a case of a 15-year-old female with this condition and initial left ventricular dysfunction, who successfully underwent mitral valve repair. This reparative technique is more technically challenging then valve replacement and only few cases are described in literature.

SUBMITTER: Sormani P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5353431 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature