Ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a quadricuspid aortic valve.
Journal: General Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery
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Abstract
We report here a rare case of ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a tricuspitalized quadricuspid aortic valve. A 45-year-old man had a fusiform ascending aortic aneurysm with aortic valve regurgitation. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed grade III aortic regurgitation. Chest computed tomography showed an ascending aortic aneurysm with a diameter of 48 mm. Surgery revealed that the aortic valve was a tricuspitalized quadricuspid aortic valve with an accessory cusp between the right coronary cusp and left coronary cusp.
Authors
Keiichiro Kasama, Hitoshi Ogino, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hatsue Ishibashi Ueda, Junjiro Kobayashi
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