Parachute Mitral Valve

Deborah Tosin Akanya, MD; Freddy Duarte Lau, MD; Faheem Ul Haq, MD, MPH; Joshua Hillman, MD; Kristin Stawiarski, MD; Stuart Zarich, MD; Ari Pollack, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

Parachute Mitral Valve

Deborah Tosin Akanya, MD,
Freddy Duarte Lau, MD,
Faheem Ul Haq, MD, MPH,
Joshua Hillman, MD,
Kristin Stawiarski, MD,
Stuart Zarich, MD,
Ari Pollack, MD

Affiliations

Deborah Tosin Akanya, MD: Department of Cardiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Address for correspondence: Dr. Deborah Tosin Akanya, Yale New Haven Health–Bridgeport Hospital, Department of Cardiology, 267 Grant Street, 10th Floor, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06610.
Freddy Duarte Lau, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Faheem Ul Haq, MD, MPH: Department of Cardiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Joshua Hillman, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Kristin Stawiarski, MD: Department of Cardiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Stuart Zarich, MD: Department of Cardiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Ari Pollack, MD: Department of Cardiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1578 – 1581

Abstract

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A 69-year-old male presented to the emergency room with dyspnea on exertion lasting more than 2 weeks. Echocardiography showed an ill-defined subaortic structure. Subsequent transesophageal echocardiography revealed a parachute-like structure prolapsing into the left ventricular outflow tract causing subvalvular aortic obstruction. Surgical excision confirmed this structure as an accessory anterior mitral leaflet. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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