title: Incidental detection of a quadricuspid aortic valve by transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with ruptured mitral valve chorda.
abstract: Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital cardiac abnormality which is frequently detected at necropsy or surgery. Here, a young, asymptomatic patient with mild aortic and mitral regurgitations is described in whom a quadricuspid aortic valve was detected incidentally on transesophageal echocardiography performed initially to diagnose ruptured mitral chordae tendineae.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*