| An Adult Case of Isolated Mitral
Regurgitation Associated with Marfan's Syndrome |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakurabashi-Watanabe
Hospital, Osaka, Japan)
| Hirotsugu Fukuda |
Yuji Miyamoto |
Hiroshi Takami |
| Kenji Onishi |
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A 32-year-old woman with Marfan's
syndrome who had had a heart murmur in childhood was admitted
due to congestive heart failure. Her echocardiography showed
anterior and posterior leaflet prolapse of the mitral valve,
and also severe mitral valve regurgitation. Her chest CT scan
showed no evidence of an enlarged ascending aorta. We performed
mitral valve replacement using a mechanical valve, because the
long-term results of mitral valve repair for Marfan's syndrome
are unknown. We reviewed the literature for other examples of
this rare adult case with isolated mitral regurgitation associated
with Marfan's syndrome.
Jpn.J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 30: 299-301(2001) |
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