Absent aortic valve leaflets.
A newborn with difficulty in feeding and with tachypnoea was admitted to the hospital. During the following days his condition deteriorated and he died at the age of 8 days. At autopsy we found an unusual association of hypoplastic left heart syndrome and absence of the aortic leaflets.
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Rossi
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Ho
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Tasker
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male