Key result
A 70-year-old man presenting with recurrent stroke was found to have a rare isolated parachute-like asymmetrical mitral valve on routine transthoracic echocardiography.
Why the study?
Parachute and parachute-like mitral valve are extremely rare congenital anomalies usually observed in younger patients, with very few isolated cases documented in adults.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights an extremely rare presentation of an isolated parachute-like mitral valve, a congenital anomaly typically seen in younger patients, in a 70-year-old adult.
Isolated parachute mitral valve may occur in elderly stroke patients on routine echo; extends age spectrum but association remains hypothesis-generating.
Parachute and parachute-like mitral valve are extremely rare congenital anomalies of mitral valve involving multiple aspects of mitral valve apparatus. It is usually seen in the younger age group. Very few cases of isolated parachute-like mitral valve in the adult age group have been in the literature. We hereby present a case report of 70-year-old elderly man who had presented with recurrent stroke and a routine transthoracic echocardiography had revealed a classical description of asymmetrical mitral valve.
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Rath et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Parachute-like asymmetrical mitral valve (n=1). Parachute-like asymmetrical mitral valve was evaluated. A 70-year-old man presenting with recurrent stroke was found to have a rare isolated parachute-like asymmetrical mitral valve on routine transthoracic echocardiography.
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