Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital anomaly, which usually progresses to aortic regurgitation in adulthood requiring aortic valve replacement. It may be associated with other congenital abnormalities such as aberrant coronary arteries, patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, persistent left superior vena cava, subaortic stenosis, and aortic dilation. Most cases are diagnosed incidentally during aortic valve surgery or autopsy. With the availability of better imaging techniques such as three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, more cases are being diagnosed in asymptomatic patients. Herein, we report a case of a 55-year-old man in whom a quadricuspid aortic valve was detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
Author: Ajmer Singh
Institutions: Medanta The Medicity, Medanta The Medicity
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410050526