'Quadrileaflet' mitral valve associated with paravalvular aneurysms and complicated by mitral incompetence: a case report of a rare pathology identified by 2-dimensional echocardiography

L Goldberg; J Mekel; V Grigorov

'Quadrileaflet' mitral valve associated with paravalvular aneurysms and complicated by mitral incompetence: a case report of a rare pathology identified by 2-dimensional echocardiography

Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2002 Sep-Oct;13(5):241-5.

Authors

L Goldberg¹, J Mekel, V Grigorov

Affiliation

¹ Helen Joseph Hospital and Department of Cardiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 12466859

Abstract

A case is reported of a rare pathology involving the left atrioventricular valve with excessively developed scallops in association with subvalvular aneurysms, together with an acquired, probably HIV-related, chronic effusive pericarditis. The possible aetiology is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Echocardiography
HIV Seropositivity / complications
Heart Aneurysm / complications*
Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / abnormalities*
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications*
Pericarditis / etiology