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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:2287-2289
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Mitral Valve Cleft in Both Anterior and Posterior Leaflet: An Extremely Rare Anomaly

Siamak Mohammadi, MD, Sébastien Bergeron, MD, Pierre Voisine, MD, Denis Desaulniers, MD*

Cardiac Surgery Department, Laval Hospital, Québec, Canada

Accepted for publication May 10, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Desaulniers, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Laval Hospital, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Québec, G1V 4G5 Canada. (Email: denis.desaulniers{at}chg.ulaval.ca).

We herein report the case of a woman with clefts in the anterior and posterior mitral leaflets causing mitral insufficiency. The patient developed heart failure symptoms in the eighth decade of life and underwent mitral valve repair, with suture closure of both clefts. The reasons of its late presentation are discussed.




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