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Mitral arcade: A rare case presenting with fatigue and cough.

Derya Aydın ŞahinOzben Ceylan
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
An 11-year-old girl was admitted to pediatric emergency unit with complaints of fatigue and cough. The patient had no previous complaints. There was no history of rheumatic heart disease. The height and duration of the P-wave was 4 mm and 0.16 seconds, respectively (p mitrale). Echocardiography showed enlarged left atrium (51×61 mm in diameter). Both the anterolateral and posteromedial papillary muscles were directly attached to the anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflets without tendinous chords. The patient was diagnosed with mitral arcade, severe mitral stenosis, and mitral regurgitation. The patient was referred to surgery for replacement of mitral valve.
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