Parachute mitral valve and a large ventricular septal defect in an asymptomatic adult

Date
2001
Authors
Abelson, M.
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Abstract
I report here on an asymptomatic 28-year-old man with a parachute mitral valve associated with a significant ventricular septal defect and a stenosing supravalvular mitral ring. This condition has not been reported previously in an asymptomatic adult.
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adult, article, case report, disease association, heart catheterization, heart ventricle septum defect, human, lung vascular resistance, male, mitral valve disease, mitral valve stenosis, pulmonary hypertension, Abnormalities, Multiple, Adult, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Heart Catheterization, Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular, Humans, Male, Mitral Valve
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Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa
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