Congenital Mitral Stenosis

In this issue of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Montgomery et al. presented an interesting case of parachute mitral valve in a female young adult as a cause of mitral stenosis (MS) and cardiogenic embolic stroke.1 Because congenital MS very rarely is identified as a de novo diagnosis in the adult patient, a morphologic review of this lesion may be useful to the adult echocardiographer.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research