Live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic identification of quadricuspid aortic valve.
We describe an adult in whom live/real time three-dimensional echocardiography was able to make a definite diagnosis of a quadricuspid aortic valve which was misdiagnosed as bicuspid by live two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2DTTE).
Burri
Manjula V
MV
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Singh
Anurag
A
Panwar
Sadik R
SR
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index