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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(2):304-305; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2006.11.006
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiography. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Flail mitral and tricuspid valves due to myxomatous disease

Bilen Senkaya Emine, Akcay Murat*, Bilge Mehmet, Kurt Mustafa and Ipek Gokturk

Department of Cardiology, Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Received 17 September 2006; accepted after revision 12 November 2006; online publish-ahead-of-print 2 January 2007.

* Corresponding author. Umit Mah, Kermes Sitesi, 1, Blok No: 20, Umitkoy 06800, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 235 91 62; fax: +90 312 291 27 25. E-mail address: drmuratakcay{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

Myxomatous disease generally affects mitral valve. However, tricuspid valves also can be involved in 20% of the myxomatous mitral valve disease. Valve prolapse, elongation of chordae and chordae rupture are generally seen complications of the myxomatous disease. There are some reports about severe tricuspid regurgitation due to tricuspid valve prolapse and elongated chordae, but no tricuspid and mitral chordae ruptures in the same patient due to myxomatous disease have been reported. In this case tricuspid chordae rupture accompanied to mitral chordae rupture is discussed.

Keywords: Flail tricuspid leaflet; Flail mitral leaflet; Myxomatous disease


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