title: Tricuspidization of quadricuspid aortic valve.
abstract: A 65-year-old woman presented with New York Heart Association class II-III symptoms, no overt signs of heart failure, and echocardiographic findings of a quadricuspid aortic valve, Hurwitz type C, with severe aortic regurgitation, dilated left ventricle (7 cm), and moderate left ventricular dysfunction (45%). She subsequently underwent tricuspidization of the valve at the level of the abnormal commissure with subcommissural annuloplasty. At her 6-week follow-up visit, the patient was in New York Heart Association class I, with reduction of left ventricular diastolic dimensions, trace aortic regurgitation, and good mobility of the leaflets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia. livia_williams@health.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: Livia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Pallav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*