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Two Cases of Double-Orifice Mitral Valve Detected by Echocardiography
Kwan Cheol Oh, Yong Wook Kim, Ki Bok Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(6):825-830.   Published online June 15, 1998
Double-orifice mitral valve is a rare congenital anomaly. Most cases of double-orifice mitral valve are hemodynamically normal and remain symptomless, so that it is usually discovered incidentally in autopsy or during surgical correction of a cardiovascular abnormality. Recently, however, it is increasingly recognized as such, since the echocardiography has gained wide acceptance as a non-invasive diagnostic tool by the M-mode, two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiogram....