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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(3):386-387; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2006.12.001
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Endocarditis complicating a congenital quadricuspid aortic valve

Fabrice Bauer1,2,*, Pierre-Yves Litzler3, Alfred Tabley3, Alain Cribier1,2 and Jean-Paul Bessou2,3

1 Department of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
2 Unité INSERM U644, Rouen University Medical School, Rouen, France
3 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France

Received 7 September 2006; accepted after revision 4 December 2006; online publish-ahead-of-print 26 February 2007.

* Corresponding author: Cardiologie, Section of Echocardiography, Department of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen Cedex, France. Tel: +33 232888232; fax: +33 232888714. E-mail address: fabrice.bauer{at}chu-rouen.fr (F. Bauer).


  Abstract

The most common aortic valve congenital abnormality is observed in bicuspid aortic valve. Only a few cases of aortic valve quadricuspidy have been reported in the literature. We report a new case of endocarditis complicating a congenital quadricuspid aortic valve.

Keywords: Aortic insufficiency; Endocarditis; Aortic valve replacement; Echocardiography; Transesophageal echocardiography


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