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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on February 19, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(4):575-576; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen036
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Quadricuspid aortic valve associated with unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

Sridevi R. Pitta, Ashok Kondur and Luis Afonso*

Department of Cardiology, Harper University Hospital, Wayne State University, 1 Brush, 3990 John R Street, Detroit, MI 48201-1916, USA

Received 16 December 2007; accepted after revision 6 January 2008; online publish-ahead-of-print 19 February 2008.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +1 313 745 2620. E-mail address: lafonso{at}dmc.org


  Abstract

Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital anomaly. It may present as an isolated anomaly but is occasionally associated with aortic regurgitation. Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is also an infrequent congenital anomaly, typically associated with tricuspid aortic valves. There are only a few reported cases of SVA (ruptured) associated with quadricuspid aortic valves in the literature. We report the first case of the association of quadricuspid aortic valve with an unruptured SVA in an adult patient.

Keywords: Quadricuspid Aortic Valve; Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm; Echocardiography


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