title: Absence of the aortic valve cusps with mitral atresia, normal left ventricle, and intact ventricular septum.
abstract: A case of a previously unreported anomaly is presented in which absence of the aortic valve cusps, mitral atresia, a normal left ventricle, and an intact ventricular septum were diagnosed by cross sectional echocardiography. The development of a normal left ventricle, rather than the hypoplastic ventricle usually associated with mitral atresia, is explained by filling of the ventricular cavity via the regurgitant aortic valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Cruces, Vizcaya, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Galdeano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pastor
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*