title: Ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a quadricuspid aortic valve.
abstract: We report here a rare case of ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a tricuspitalized quadricuspid aortic valve. A 45-year-old man had a fusiform ascending aortic aneurysm with aortic valve regurgitation. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed grade III aortic regurgitation. Chest computed tomography showed an ascending aortic aneurysm with a diameter of 48 mm. Surgery revealed that the aortic valve was a tricuspitalized quadricuspid aortic valve with an accessory cusp between the right coronary cusp and left coronary cusp.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.
authors: Keiichiro
authors: K
authors: Kasama
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Ogino
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Matsuda
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Minatoya
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Sasaki
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Tanaka
authors: Hatsue
authors: H
authors: Ishibashi-Ueda
authors: Junjiro
authors: J
authors: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome