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Severe mitral regurgitation in an adult patient with cor triatriatum.

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44125, USA.
The Journal of heart valve disease (impact factor: 0.81). 03/2011; 20(2):234-6. pp.234-6
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT A 52-year-old female patient who presented with a history of increasing shortness of breath and fatigue was diagnosed with a combination of cor triatriatum and myxomatous mitral valve disease. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed cor triatriatum and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) due to myxomatous degeneration. The patient underwent a successful removal of the left atrial membrane and repair of the mitral valve. This combination of cor triatriatum and myxomatous mitral valve disease is exceedingly rare; in the present patient the symptoms caused by MR led to the discovery of a left atrial membrane.

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Keywords

52-year-old female patient
 
cor triatriatum
 
left atrial membrane
 
mitral valve
 
myxomatous degeneration
 
myxomatous mitral valve disease
 
present patient
 
severe mitral regurgitation
 
successful removal
 
Transesophageal echocardiography