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Case Reports
. 2011 Mar;20(2):234-6.

Severe mitral regurgitation in an adult patient with cor triatriatum

Jure Tornic  1 , Craig Jarrett, Takahiro Shiota, A Marc Gillinov, Tomislav Mihaljevic
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  • PMID: 21560829
Case Reports

Severe mitral regurgitation in an adult patient with cor triatriatum

Jure Tornic et al. J Heart Valve Dis. 2011 Mar.

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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