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Blood cyst of the anterior mitral leaflet causing severe mitral regurgitation

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A blood cyst was first reported by Elsasser in 1844. It is relatively common in newborns under 6 months of age mostly seen in tricuspid and mitral valves but disappears… Click to show full abstract

A blood cyst was first reported by Elsasser in 1844. It is relatively common in newborns under 6 months of age mostly seen in tricuspid and mitral valves but disappears spontaneously in most cases after infancy. It is also a rare finding in young adults. We present a case of a blood cyst found in a 63 years old male patient. He was admitted with signs of cardiac decompensation and new‐onset atrial fibrillation. Magnetic resonance imaging (Figure 1A; Supplementary Video 1) and transesophageal

Keywords: cyst anterior; blood; mitral leaflet; anterior mitral; blood cyst

Journal Title: Journal of Cardiac Surgery
Year Published: 2019

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