Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 90.e3-90.e4, January 2008

An Unusual Cause of Severe Mitral Regurgitation: Aberrantly Inserted Chordae Tendineae

  • Dana Dawson, MBBS, MRCP, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dana Dawson, OPD 3 – Cardiology Department, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, United Kingdom.
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  • Pankaj Mankad, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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  • Peter Bloomfield, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  • Nicholas A. Boon, MA, MD, FRCP (Ed), FESC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

published online 17 September 2007.

We present a case of aberrantly inserted chordae tendineae causing severe mitral regurgitation and requiring surgical correction. This is an extremely rare finding illustrating a distinct mechanism of mitral regurgitation.

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PII: S0894-7317(07)00535-4

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2007.07.002

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 90.e3-90.e4, January 2008

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