Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction caused by accessory mitral valve tissue

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006 Mar;19(3):354.e5-354.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.11.014.

Abstract

This report describes the echocardiographic diagnosis of accessory mitral valve tissue causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a symptomatic man. The accessory tissue was surgically removed and the mitral valve replaced with complete resolution of left ventricular outflow tract gradient and symptoms. The case illustrates the importance of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and preoperative evaluation of this rare but treatable cause of subaortic valve obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / abnormalities*
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / complications*
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / prevention & control