Key result
Systematic review characterizes presentation, diagnosis, and surgical outcomes of adult congenital mitral arcade.
Why the study?
Not much is known about mitral arcade in the adult population, including its demographic features, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.
Systematic Review
This review summarizes the demographic features, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of mitral arcade, a rare congenital anomaly, in adult patients.
May aid adult mitral arcade recognition and care; extends sparse case literature via systematic synthesis.
Mitral arcade (MA) is a rare congenital anomaly of the mitral valve and its tensor apparatus. This condition has been reported primarily in children younger than 3 years of age. MA is characterized by elongated papillary muscles connected to each other and to the tip of anterior mitral leaflet by a bridge of fibrous tissue. Because of progressive mitral regurgitation and/or mitral stenosis, survival into adulthood is rare. Not much is known about MA in the adult population. In this review we address the demographic features, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of this congenital anomaly in adult patients.
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Hakim et al. (2013) conducted a systematic review in Mitral arcade. Mitral arcade was evaluated. This systematic review describes the demographic features, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of the rare congenital anomaly mitral arcade in adult patients.
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