Dysplastic aortic valve with absence of aortic valve cusp: an unreported cause of congenital aortic insufficiency.
Three patients are described in whom dysplasia of the aortic valve was associated with total absence of one of the semilunar aortic cusps and congenital aortic insufficiency. Two of the three survived aortic valve replacement.
D000293:Adolescent; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male