Combined Mitral and Aortic Valve Prolapse.
10.4070/kcj.1988.18.2.293
- Author:
Bang Hun LEE
;
Kyung Soo KIM
;
Jeong Hyun KIM
;
Heon Kil LIM
;
Chung Kyun LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Combined valvular prolapse;
Mitral valve;
Aortic valve
- MeSH:
Aortic Valve Prolapse*;
Aortic Valve*;
Echocardiography;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Incidence;
Male;
Mitral Valve;
Peptic Ulcer;
Prolapse
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1988;18(2):293-297
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Identification of patients with combined valvular prolapse has important clinical imlications, because such patients appear to be early surgical candidates. Detection of combined valvular prolapse became more feasible with development of 2-dimentional echocardiography and the incidence of combained mitral and valve prolapse is reported to be variable from 3% to 24%. The authors found a case of combined mitral and aortic valve prolapse detected by 2-dimensional echocardiography. This 30-years-old male patient who admitted because of peptic ulcer bleeding revealed a prolapse of anterior mitral leaflet with regurgitation and also a prolapse of the right coronary cusp into the left ventricular outflow tract but without evidence of aortic regurgutation by Doppler echocardiogram. he discharged without surgical intervention and needs further observation.
