A Remnant Mitral Subvalvular Apparatus Mimicking Aortic Valve Vegetation after Mitral Valve Replacement.
- Author:
Hyun Jin KIM
1
;
Kyung Hee KIM
;
Jae Sung CHOI
;
Jun Sung KIM
;
Myung A KIM
;
Joo Hee ZO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Mitral valve replacement; Subvalvular apparatus; Vegetation
- MeSH: Aged; Aortic Valve; Echocardiography; Female; Humans; Mitral Valve; Mitral Valve Insufficiency
- From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2012;20(1):63-66
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Preservation of the subvalvular apparatus has the merits of postoperative outcomes during mitral valve replacement for mitral regurgitation. We performed mitral valve replacement with anterior and posterior leaflet chordal preservation in a 65-year-old woman. On the 2nd postoperative day, routine postoperative trans-thoracic echocardiography showed an unknown aortic subvalvular mobile mass. We report a case of a remnant mitral subvalvular apparatus detected by echocardiography after chordal preserving mitral valve replacement which was confused with postoperative aortic valve vegetation.
