Double mitral valve orifice. Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic diagnosis.

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the usefulness of two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography for diagnosing double mitral valve orifices (DMVO) in addition to identifying associated pathologies. We report five cases, three male and two female with an age ranging from 4 to 44 years old (mean age: 17 years), with the diagnosis of DMVO according to the following characteristics: using two-dimensional echocardiography on the short parasternal axis, both orifices were observed; apical in which the "seagull sign" was identified in both chambers, in addition to identifying the flows of each orifice by pulsed and codified color Doppler obtaining the corresponding gradients. With respect to the associated pathologies, all patients presented some type of malformation, such as subaortic ring, patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, bicuspid aorta and pulmonary stenosis. Using the color Doppler echocardiography allows an adequate anatomical and functional definition of DMVO.