{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Hypoplastic posterior mitral valve leaflet: A case report and review of the literature.
{Author}: Pourafkari L;Baghbani-Oskouei A;Toufan M;Ghaffari S;Nader ND;
{Journal}: Echocardiography
{Volume}: 35
{Issue}: 7
{Year}: 07 2018
{Factor}: 1.874
{DOI}: 10.1111/echo.13898
{Abstract}: Hypoplasia of the mitral leaflets is rarely reported in adults. We reported a 45-year-old man presented to us with palpitation, dyspnea, and severe mitral regurgitation. In echocardiographic examination, an immobile hypoplastic posterior mitral leaflet (PML) was detected. A review of clinical and echocardiographic findings of all reported cases revealed that mitral regurgitation was the most common finding associated with PML hypoplasia/uni-leaflet mitral valve. PML hypoplasia is rare and often an incidental diagnosis during echocardiography, which could be relatively well tolerated since adulthood and carries a good prognosis.