Mitral Arcade Causing Severe Stenosis in an Adult Patient

The Complex Hemodynamic Interplay between Mitral Arcade, Midventricular Obstruction, and Prosthetic Aortic Valve

“… 1 Few cases have been reported thereafter, and most of them were in children; MA is much rarer in adults. 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 Indeed, the condition is often evident early after birth, and clinical presentation consists of overt heart failure 1 with early mortality and extremely rare survival into adulthood; milder forms can be asymptomatic and incidentally diagnosed later.…”