title: Successful repair of a bicuspid aortic valve with anomalous chordal attachment to the aortic wall.
abstract: The congenitally bicuspid aortic valve with anomalous chordal attachment of the fused cusp to the aortic wall is a rare and unappreciated cause of aortic insufficiency. We report the case of a 43-year-old male patient who presented with severe aortic insufficiency caused by this anomaly and in whom surgical aortic valve repair was successfully performed. To our knowledge, this is the first report to describe the successful surgical repair of this rare variant of bicuspid aortic valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazine
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vistarini
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Mustapha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belaidi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Nancy C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: i.elhamamsy@icm-mhi.org.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: El-Hamamsy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male