[A case report of atrial septal defect with quadricuspid pulmonary valve].
We reported the successful case of valvuloplasty on the quadriscuspid pulmonary valve which had pulmonary regurgitation. A 38-year-old woman was admitted with the complaint of palpitation. Atrial septal defect and pulmonary regurgitation were revealed preoperatively by the cardiac catheterization and doppler echocardiography. The malcoaptation of the pulmonary valve and pulmonary dilatation were diagnosed in echocardiography. At operation, the pulmonary valve was found quadricuspid and each cusp was same in size. The patient underwent the valvuloplasty on the abnormal cusps and the remarkable improvement of the coaptation was examined postoperatively. The patient had good clinical course for three years after operation.
Kashikie
H
H
Second Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine.
Hisatomi
K
K
Ando
F
F
Suzuki
S
S
Hayashida
N
N
Isomura
T
T
Kumade
M
M
Aoyagi
S
S
Kosuga
K
K
Koga
M
M
D000328:Adult; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery