Quadricuspid aortic valve with aortic insufficiency: Case report and review of the literature

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作者
Holt, Natalie F.
Sivarajan, Murali
Mandapati, Divakar
Printsev, Yevgeniy
Elefteriades, John A.
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Sect Cardiothorac Surg, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Anesthesiol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Lanmark Med Ctr, Woonsocket, RI USA
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10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00399.x
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 [临床医学]; 100201 [内科学];
摘要
We report the case of a 42-year-old woman with aortic regurgitation discovered to be caused by a quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) diagnosed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram. With improvements in echocardiographic imaging, the diagnosis of QAV is likely to be made more reliably in the future and should prompt close clinical follow-up given the frequent association of this lesion with valvular insufficiency.
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