title: Pentacuspid aortic valve with severe aortic regurgitation.
abstract: Pentacuspid aortic valve is an extremely rare congenital aortic valve anomaly. In this case, pentacuspid aortic valve with severe aortic regurgitation was detected by transthoracic echocardiography and multiple-detector computed tomography; the patient recovered smoothly after aortic valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital of The Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Shengxun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Haibo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiangang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult