A rare case of isolated accessory mitral tissue in an asymptomatic adult female

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 May 2;34(5):933-935. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivac025.

Abstract

Accessory mitral valve tissue (AMVT) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly, which is associated with other congenital heart diseases. It is diagnosed in neonates or childhood and rarely in adulthood. Nevertheless, AMVT is an incidental finding or described as isolated. Echocardiography, especially three-dimensional echocardiography is considered as an optimal imaging technique for AMVT diagnosis. We herein presented an asymptomatic adult AMVT cases with significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and surgical excision was recommended.

Keywords: Accessory mitral valve tissue; Congenital heart disease; Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; Mitral valve disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional*
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction* / surgery