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Double mitral valve orifice in atrioventricular defects.
British Heart Journal 1983 January
Eleven patients with double mitral valve orifice and atrioventricular defects were studied, and the diagnosis proven by open heart surgery. The correct preoperative diagnosis was suggested by a characteristic angiographic appearance of the medial border of the left ventricle. M-mode echocardiography may show the two orifices which are better seen on two dimensional echocardiography. Two operative deaths occurred in patients with a slightly obstructive valve, and one late death followed mitral valve replacement. Eight patients did well after minor repair to a cleft, or leaving the valve untouched. Occasionally a double mitral orifice, if disorganised and slightly stenotic, may cause early deterioration in a patient with an otherwise uncomplicated ostium primum defect. The surgeon should be forewarned of this mitral anomaly since simple repair may be difficult.
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