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Case Reports
. 2011 Mar;24(3):351.e1-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.07.002. Epub 2010 Aug 13.

Multi-modality imaging of an adult parachute mitral valve

John A Purvis  1 , Stephen Smyth, Stephen H Barr
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Multi-modality imaging of an adult parachute mitral valve

John A Purvis et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

A parachute abnormality of the mitral valve is an extremely rare finding in adults. It is usually seen as part of Shone's complex. The authors present multimodality imaging from a case of adult parachute abnormality of the mitral valve to illustrate and explain features such as the characteristic "pear" shape of the valve and "doming" of the subvalvular apparatus. The solitary papillary muscle that defines the condition may be difficult to identify on transthoracic echocardiography, but redundancy of the chordae is a key echocardiographic feature in the adult form of the condition.

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