Severe aortic regurgitation in a quadricuspid aortic valve: A false rheumatic disease

The quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a malformation that leads to severe valve failure later in life. Malformation and displacement of coronary ostia are found in 10% of patients. In this context, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are the essential ima...

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Autores principales: Belleyo‐Belkasem, Carima, de La Rosa‐Hernández, Alejandro, Izquierdo‐Gómez, María Manuela, García‐Niebla, Javier, Lacalzada‐Almeida, Juan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
Materias:
Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2060
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Sumario:The quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a malformation that leads to severe valve failure later in life. Malformation and displacement of coronary ostia are found in 10% of patients. In this context, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are the essential imaging tests for the preoperative assessment for cardiac surgery.

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