Transesophageal echocardiographic findings of quadricuspid aortic valve.
We report a case of a 40-year-old man who had a quadricuspid aortic valve associated with aortic regurgitation. The anomaly was revealed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), and confirmed by cardiac surgery. TEE is a useful noninvasive method for identifying the quadricuspid aortic valve.
Lai
C P
CP
Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Koyanagi
S
S
Sadoshima
J
J
Takeshita
A
A
Tokunaga
K
K
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male