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Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: An Incidental Finding in an Elderly Man
Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a very rare congenital abnormality. Here, we present a rare case of QAV incidentally noted in a patient at an advanced age during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). A 73-year-old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and treated prostate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10290899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37366439 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39536 |
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author | Khatun, Nazima Kaliounji, Aboud Alkoutami, Sami S Francois, Jonathan John, Sabu |
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description | Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a very rare congenital abnormality. Here, we present a rare case of QAV incidentally noted in a patient at an advanced age during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). A 73-year-old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and treated prostate cancer was admitted to the hospital with palpitations. An electrocardiogram (ECG) showed T-wave inversion in V5-V6, with initial troponin levels mildly elevated. Acute coronary syndrome was ruled out by serial ECGs that were unchanged, and troponins downtrended. TTE showed a rare and incidental finding of type A QAV with four equal cusps with mild aortic regurgitation. |
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spelling | pubmed-102908992023-06-26 Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: An Incidental Finding in an Elderly Man Khatun, Nazima Kaliounji, Aboud Alkoutami, Sami S Francois, Jonathan John, Sabu Cureus Cardiology Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a very rare congenital abnormality. Here, we present a rare case of QAV incidentally noted in a patient at an advanced age during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). A 73-year-old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and treated prostate cancer was admitted to the hospital with palpitations. An electrocardiogram (ECG) showed T-wave inversion in V5-V6, with initial troponin levels mildly elevated. Acute coronary syndrome was ruled out by serial ECGs that were unchanged, and troponins downtrended. TTE showed a rare and incidental finding of type A QAV with four equal cusps with mild aortic regurgitation. Cureus 2023-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10290899/ /pubmed/37366439 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39536 Text en Copyright © 2023, Khatun et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Khatun, Nazima Kaliounji, Aboud Alkoutami, Sami S Francois, Jonathan John, Sabu Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: An Incidental Finding in an Elderly Man |
title | Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: An Incidental Finding in an Elderly Man |
title_full | Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: An Incidental Finding in an Elderly Man |
title_fullStr | Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: An Incidental Finding in an Elderly Man |
title_full_unstemmed | Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: An Incidental Finding in an Elderly Man |
title_short | Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: An Incidental Finding in an Elderly Man |
title_sort | quadricuspid aortic valve: an incidental finding in an elderly man |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10290899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37366439 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39536 |
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