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Isolated true parachute mitral valve in an asymptomatic elderly patient

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We report the extremely rare case of a 73-year-old asymptomatic patient who has an isolated true parachute mitral valve (PMV). In the echocardiographic examination, the parasternal long-axis view showed a single papillary muscle. The short-axis view revealed the presence of a symmetric mitral valve orifice with all chordae attaching to a large anterolateral papillary muscle. Because detailed examination did not reveal the presence of other complications, this patient was diagnosed as an isolated true PMV.

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  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan

    Tetsushi Yamamoto, Nobuhide Hayashi, Shouhiro Kinoshita, Seiji Kawano & Shunichi Kumagai

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan

    Tetsuari Onishi, Alaa Marbrouk Salem Omar, Kazuko Norisada, Kazuhiro Tatsumi, Kensuke Matsumoto, Hiroya Kawai & Ken-ichi Hirata

  3. Department of Clinical Pathology and Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

    Seiji Kawano & Shunichi Kumagai

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Yamamoto, T., Onishi, T., Omar, A.M.S. et al. Isolated true parachute mitral valve in an asymptomatic elderly patient. J Echocardiogr 8, 131–132 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-010-0053-x

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