Pentacuspid aortic valve diagnosed by transoesophageal echocardiography.
Congenital aortic valve anomalies are quite a rare finding in echocardiographic examinations. A case of a 19 year old man with a pentacuspid aortic valve without aortic stenosis and regurgitation, detected by transoesophageal echocardiography, is presented.
Cemri
M
M
Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. mcemri@superonline.com
Cengel
A
A
Timurkaynak
T
T
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male