Double Orifice Mitral Valve and Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Pieces of the Same Single Puzzle?
CASE REPORTS IN CARDIOLOGY, 2015 (ESCI)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume:
- Publication Date: 2015
- Doi Number: 10.1155/2015/305142
- Journal Name: CASE REPORTS IN CARDIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Double orifice mitral valve is a very rare congenital abnormality. Well known associations of this pathology with other congenital lesions point to a complex and central pathophysiological mechanism leading to a sequence of pathologies. These associations have long been realized and arbitrarily defined as Shone complex. We would like to present a 21-year-old patient with double orifice mitral valve associated with bicuspid aortic valve, with a brief review of the literature on possible central mechanisms leading to different subsets of congenital abnormalities involving these two.