title: A quadricuspid aortic valve with atrial septal defect.
abstract: A quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital heart defect, previously described as an incidental finding at the time of surgery or postmortem, which is now being increasingly detected by 2D transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiogram. With advances in echocardiography, secondary cardiac anomalies are also being described in association with QAV. Herein we describe a patient with QAV with a secundum atrial septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, WV University Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-9157, USA. rvohra@hsc.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Rakesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: Harshinder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Benjamin L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: Conard Frederick
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Failinger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media