Mitral valve (MV) prolapse (MVP) is characterized by fibromyxomatous changes in themitral leaflet tissue, with superior displacement of one or both leaflets into the left atrium. It is not an uncommon finding on echocardiographic screening, afflicting 2e3% of the general population, though most of them remain asymptomatic [1e3]. MVP can be distinguished into primary (nonsyndromic) and secondary...

marfan’s syndrome (mfs) is a genetic disorder associated with autosomal dominant inheritance. in mfs, the most prevalent cause of death is cardiovascular involvement. here we introduce a family with a severe penetration of mfs. eleven members of this family have mfs (father, two daughters, three sons, and five grandchildren). the most common cardiac involvement in our patients was mitral valve ...

OBJECTIVES Ischaemic mitral valve regurgitation is associated with a significant reduction in survival and its treatment in patients undergoing surgical ventricular reconstruction is usually associated with higher perioperative morbidity and mortality. We evaluated our 11-year experience in this cohort of patients. METHODS Between January 2000 and December 2010, a total of 282 patients underw...

BACKGROUND Echocardiography has documented acquired pulmonary stenosis and cardiomyopathy in recipient fetuses in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. At autopsy, we also have identified anomalous mitral arcade, a rare valve deformity associated with mitral regurgitation. METHODS AND RESULTS To identify a profile for anomalous mitral arcade, we compared clinicopathological data from 11 sets of aut...

V and echocardiography 3 studies have demonstrated that in some subjects, the syndrome of midsystolic click and late systolic murmur4 is based on late systolic prolapse of mitral valve leaflets. We present here external carotid pulse tracings obtained from patients with angiographically documented prolapse of posterior mitral valve leaflets. All subjects had normal coronary arteriograms; there ...

L acerations or tears of the interatrial septum are a recognized complication of mitral valve replacement surgery; however, the first report of iatrogenic Lutembacher's syndrome was by Dr. John Ross Jr. and colleagues from the National Institutes of Health.1 Their series included three patients who had acquired mitral stenosis and developed a persistent atrial septal defect after transatrial se...

Phonocardiography has shown a great potential for developing low-cost computer-aided diagnosis systems for cardiovascular monitoring. So far, most of the work reported regarding cardiosignal analysis using multifractals is oriented towards heartbeat dynamics. This paper represents a step towards automatic detection of one of the most common pathological syndromes, so-called mitral valve prolaps...

supravalvar mitral ring is a rare congenital heart defect of surgical importance. the condition is characterized by an abnormal ridge of the connective tissue on the atrial side of the mitral valve. it often substantially obstructs the mitral valve inflow. we herein introduce a case of a supravalvar mitral ring in a 17-year-old male, who was admitted to our hospital with cardiac syncope. he had...

L acerations or tears of the interatrial septum are a recognized complication of mitral valve replacement surgery; however, the first report of iatrogenic Lutembacher's syndrome was by Dr. John Ross Jr. and colleagues from the National Institutes of Health.1 Their series included three patients who had acquired mitral stenosis and developed a persistent atrial septal defect after transatrial se...