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Adult parachute mitral valve detected in pregnancy
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- Adult congenital heart disease
- parachute mitral valve
- pregnancy
- cardiac function
- congenital heart disease
- coronary artery disease
- echocardiography
- transthoracic
- mitral valve prolapse
- EBM
- STEMI
- stable angina
- NSTEMI
- coronary artery disease (CAD)
- cardiac catheterisation
- interventional cardiology
- valvular disease
A 26-year-old pregnant female with a history of aortic coarctation repair and resection of subaortic membrane, presented for transthoracic echocardiogram. Aorta and aortic valve were unremarkable but a ‘domed’ appearance of the mitral valve (MV) was noted (panel A) with the MV and left atrium forming a ‘pear-like’ shape (online …
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