title: [The quadri-cusp aortic valve: a congenital defect, responsible for pathologic changes?].
abstract: We report on a 61-year-old patient with considerable insufficiency of a quadricuspid aortic valve and coronary three vessel disease. The congenital quadricuspid aortic valve has become symptomatic due to the development of (post-endocarditic) insufficiency only in the advanced stage of life. It was treated by replacement of the aortic valve and bypass myocardial revascularization. The physiopathology of quadricuspid aortic valve will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Herzchirurgische Klinik, Zentralklinikum Augsburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vicol
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rupp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Struck
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization