Congenital aortic insufficiency due to aortic cusp stretching: 'kite anomaly'.
Aortic insufficiency may be either acquired or congenital. A 46-year-old male had a congenital pathology which resulted in aortic insufficiency due to the presence of a fibrous band that stretched from the non-coronary cusp to the aortic wall. The patient underwent successful aortic valve replacement. At surgery, the fibrous band was stretching the non-coronary cusp so that it prevented coaptation of the aortic valve. The situation was termed by us as the 'kite anomaly'.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bursa Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Turkey.
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Yavuz
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Türk
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Celkan
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Koca
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Ozdemir
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged