Congenital quadricuspid aortic valve with displacement of the right coronary orifice.
To date only five patients have undergone surgery for severe incompetence due to quadricuspid aortic valve (5-9). This report describes a new case of congenital quadricuspid aortic valve with severe regurgitation and associated displacement of the right coronary orifice, in which the abnormal valve was excised and replaced by a Björk-Shiley tilting disc valve prosthesis.
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male