Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report of an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man

A quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the presence of four leaflets in the aortic valve. We are reporting a case of a 59-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with non-cardiac chest pain. The discovery of QAV during the evaluation highlight...

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Autores principales: Al-Qaysi, Abdulrahman, Sayeh, Naser, Al-Qaysi, Zainab, Al Ghoul, Yussef, Elhouni, Essra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37846259
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45262
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author Al-Qaysi, Abdulrahman
Sayeh, Naser
Al-Qaysi, Zainab
Al Ghoul, Yussef
Elhouni, Essra
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description A quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the presence of four leaflets in the aortic valve. We are reporting a case of a 59-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with non-cardiac chest pain. The discovery of QAV during the evaluation highlights the importance of considering cardiac causes, even in cases where the presenting symptoms may not appear directly related to the heart.
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spelling pubmed-105766562023-10-16 Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report of an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man Al-Qaysi, Abdulrahman Sayeh, Naser Al-Qaysi, Zainab Al Ghoul, Yussef Elhouni, Essra Cureus Cardiology A quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the presence of four leaflets in the aortic valve. We are reporting a case of a 59-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with non-cardiac chest pain. The discovery of QAV during the evaluation highlights the importance of considering cardiac causes, even in cases where the presenting symptoms may not appear directly related to the heart. Cureus 2023-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10576656/ /pubmed/37846259 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45262 Text en Copyright © 2023, Al-Qaysi 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.
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Al-Qaysi, Abdulrahman
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Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report of an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man
title Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report of an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man
title_full Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report of an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man
title_fullStr Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report of an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man
title_full_unstemmed Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report of an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man
title_short Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report of an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man
title_sort quadricuspid aortic valve: a case report of an asymptomatic middle-aged man
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37846259
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45262
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