RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Parachute deformity of the mitral valve
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 632
OP 636
DO 10.1136/thx.24.5.632
VO 24
IS 5
A1 Bett, J. H. N.
A1 Stovin, P. G. I.
YR 1969
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/24/5/632.abstract
AB A case of parachute deformity of the mitral valve, a rare congenital form of mitral stenosis characterized by insertion of the chordae tendineae into a single posterior papillary muscle, is described in an 11-year-old girl. The eleven other cases in the English literature are reviewed.