[Bicuspid aortic valve with sudden onset of aortic insufficiency due to rare causes: report of two cases].
This report describes two cases of aortic valve replacement which was warranted by the suddenly developed aortic regurgitation due to a congenitally bicuspid aortic valve. Aortic insufficiency was caused by the rupture of the strand which lifted a larger cusp to the aortic wall in one, and by the perforation of valvular aneurysm in another. Reviewing the literature these types of aortic insufficiency are rarely reported.
Hamada
Y
Y
Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine.
Iijima
T
T
Yoshida
I
I
Tsuda
K
K
Ishikawa
S
S
Yanagisawa
H
H
Ohtaki
A
A
Ohtani
Y
Y
Takahashi
T
T
Morishita
Y
Y
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged