title: [Quadricuspid aorta diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography. A case report].
abstract: We report a case of a 64 year-old woman who had a quadricuspid aortic valve associated with aortic regurgitation of mild degree diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). The four cuspids were of the same size. This valve anomaly could not be diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). The TEE is a diagnostic noninvasive procedure that gives the best information in quadricuspid aortic valve malformation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez INCICH, México, D.F.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Pantaleón
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Espínola Zavaleta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lora Perelló
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Eró
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vargas Barrón
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Aorta cuadricúspide diagnosticada por ecocardiograma transesofágico. Reporte de un caso.