Severe quadricuspid aortic valve stenosis after mediastinal irradiation

A rare cause of severe aortic regurgitation: quadricuspid aortic valve.

Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare cause of valve failure. Often, it is an incidental finding at transesophageal echo (TEE), surgery or post-mortem examination. This anomaly is often associated with abnormally placed left coronary ostium that could be damaged during the operation. We report a case of QAV detected incidentally during perioperative TEE.

Quadricuspid aortic valve.

A 57-year-old woman presented with a history of dyspnea on exertion since 4 months prior to admission. She denied chest pain. Her medical history was not significant. Physical examination revealed wide pulse pressure and arterial hypertension (170/65 mmHg). A diastolic murmur of grade 4/6 was heard at the left sternal border. ECG displayed sinus rhythm with evidence of left ventricular enlargem...

Quadricuspid aortic valve.

Daniel Hanratty*, Olatunde Farode, Adrian Ionescu and Aprim Youhana a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK b Department of Cardiology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK * Corresponding author. 34 St Stephens Mansions, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff CF10 5LQ, UK. Tel: +44-07815775676; e-mail: [email protected] (D. Hanratty). Received 18 February 2012; accept...

Quadricuspid aortic valve.

Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital heart defect usually detected by echocardiography or at the time of aortic valve surgery. Preoperative recognition of this abnormality has clinical significance because it is frequently associated with other congenital cardiac abnormalities and anomalies of coronary origin. We report a case of quadricuspid aortic valve, which was detected preoperat...

isolated quadricuspid aortic valve