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We report the case of a rare congenital anomaly, a double-orifice mitral valve, in a 21-year-old woman who was asymptomatic and had no history of heart disease. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed two functionally normal orifices mitral valve of equal size. As the presentation in adulthood is rare, echocardiographers should be trained to make the appropriate diagnosis.
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T. F. Cianciulli is a researcher of the Ministry of Health, Government of the City of Buenos Aires.
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Movie 1A. Two-dimensional echocardiogram. The parasternal short-axis view at the mitral valve level shows a diastolic mitral opening with a double-orifice valve.
Movie 1B. Two-dimensional echocardiogram and color Doppler. The short-axis view at the mitral valve level shows a mild mitral regurgitant jet from the lateral mitral orifice and a muscular jet from a muscular ventricular septal defect.
Movie 2. Two-dimensional echocardiogram and color Doppler. The four-chamber view shows a mild regurgitant jet from the lateral mitral orifice.
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Méndez, R.J., Balletti, L.R., Cianciulli, T.F. et al. Double-orifice mitral valve. J Echocardiogr 12, 40–42 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-013-0194-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-013-0194-9