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SUBMITTER: Thangasami S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7195563 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiology cases 20200311 5
Sub-mitral aneurysm (SMA) is a rare cardiac malformation commonly reported in young adults of African ancestry. SMA is considered a congenital disease caused by developmental defect due to weakness at the atrioventricular junction near the posterior mitral annulus. In the past two decades, a considerable number of cases regarding this rare disease have been reported in Asians, highlighting the importance of considering SMA in differential diagnosis of young patients presenting with mitral regurg ...[more]