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Posterior mitral leaflet aneurysm - a rare cause of mitral regurgitation.

Vijayakumar Subban1, Veny Krishnamurthy, Anbarasu Mohanraj, Mullasari S Ajit.   

Abstract

Posterior mitral leaflet aneurysm is a very rare complication of infective endocarditis. A 28-year-old athlete got admitted with fever, congestive heart failure and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. The echocardiogram showed large aneurysm of the posterior mitral leaflet with severe mitral regurgitation. Patient succumbed to refractory heart failure.
Copyright © 2012 Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Year:  2012        PMID: 22929825      PMCID: PMC3861101          DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2012.05.002

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian Heart J        ISSN: 0019-4832


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Review 1.  Infective Endocarditis of the Aortic Valve with Anterior Mitral Valve Leaflet Aneurysm.

Authors:  Anton Tomsic; Wilson W L Li; Marieke van Paridon; Navin R Bindraban; Bas A J M de Mol
Journal:  Tex Heart Inst J       Date:  2016-08-01

2.  Mitral valve leaflet diverticulum with vegetation-a rare complication in rheumatic heart disease.

Authors:  Ankur Agarwal; Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair; Ajitkumar Valaparambil
Journal:  Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg       Date:  2020-10-17

3.  Severe mitral regurgitation due to mitral leaflet aneurysm diagnosed by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography: a case report.

Authors:  Takao Konishi; Naohiro Funayama; Tadashi Yamamoto; Daisuke Hotta; Kenjiro Kikuchi; Katsumi Ohori; Hiroshi Nishihara; Shinya Tanaka
Journal:  BMC Cardiovasc Disord       Date:  2016-11-22       Impact factor: 2.298

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