Korean Circ J.  1988 Jun;18(2):293-297. 10.4070/kcj.1988.18.2.293.

Combined Mitral and Aortic Valve Prolapse

• Lee BH
• Kim KS
• Kim JH
• Lim HK
• Lee CK

• KMID: 2093241
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1988.18.2.293

Abstract

Identification of patients with combined valvular prolapse has important clinical imlications, because such patients appear to be early surgical candidates. Detection of combined valvular prolapse became more feasible with development of 2-dimentional echocardiography and the incidence of combained mitral and valve prolapse is reported to be variable from 3% to 24%. The authors found a case of combined mitral and aortic valve prolapse detected by 2-dimensional echocardiography. This 30-years-old male patient who admitted because of peptic ulcer bleeding revealed a prolapse of anterior mitral leaflet with regurgitation and also a prolapse of the right coronary cusp into the left ventricular outflow tract but without evidence of aortic regurgutation by Doppler echocardiogram. he discharged without surgical intervention and needs further observation.

Keyword

Combined valvular prolapse; Mitral valve; Aortic valve

MeSH Terms

Aortic Valve Prolapse*
Aortic Valve*
Echocardiography
Hemorrhage
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mitral Valve
Peptic Ulcer
Prolapse