A Syrian hamster embryo, aged 11 days and 4 h post-coitus, had a developing quadricuspid aortic valve. The septation of the cardiac outflow tract was confined to the distal part of the conotruncus. There was a conspicuous recess in the anlage that normally gives rise to the left aortic valve cushion. Globular endothelial cells arranged in several layers were present at the luminal side of the r...

Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital aortic valve abnormality. It is less common as compared to bicuspid or unicuspid aortic valve abnormality. QAV causes aortic regurgitation usually in the fifth to sixth decade of life. We present a rare case of a female patient with cryptogenic stroke due to a QAV and a patent foramen ovale (PFO). The patient underwent transcatheter closure o...

Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital malformation of the aortic valve. Even in the era of a transthoracic and transesophageal ultrasound the occurrence is sometimes missed. Aortic incompetence occurs usually in 5th or 6th decade of life requiring surgical intervention. We report on a 70-year-old woman who presented with exertional dyspnea. In a diagnostic setting transthoracic ultraso...

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...

To cite: Arantes C, Salomé N, Salgado A, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2016-216475 DESCRIPTION Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital anomaly with an estimated incidence of 0.008– 1.46%. It is often detected incidentally at the time of surgery or at autopsy; however, with advances in imaging techniques the diagnosis is easier and ...

We describe herein a 54 year female who had tetralogy of Fallot with quadricuspid aortic valve. This combination is very uncommon. Hence it was worth reporting this interesting case.

Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital abnormality often associated with valve incompetence and requires surgical correction in adulthood. However, using a standard suture technique of aortic valve replacement, postoperative complete atrioventricular block is not uncommon because of the downward displacement of the supranumerary leaflet towards the membranous septum. We describe a sutur...