title: Rare association of congenital bicuspid aortic valve, annuloaortic ectasia, and anomalous origin of left circumflex coronary artery.
abstract: A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is one of the most common congenital heart anomalies. Although each annuloaortic ectasia (AAE) and malformation of the left coronary artery has been described as a complication of BAV, no case associated with both abnormalities has been reported previously. We present here a very rare case of congenital BAV complicated by AAE and the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Semine Hospital, Miyagi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology