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Cartilaginous transformation of the aortic valve following an acute febrile illness resulted in severe aortic valve insufficiency in a young male patient.
This case report describes a rare presentation of cartilaginous transformation of the aortic valve leading to severe insufficiency after a febrile illness.
Hypothesis-generating for post-febrile aortic insufficiency; prospective studies required before clinical consideration.
A young man developed cartilaginous transformation of the aortic valve following an acute febrile illness, and the defect terminated in severe aortic valve insufficiency. The clinical and pathologic aspects of this presentation are discussed, along with proposed mechanisms of pathogenesis.
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Seemayer et al. (1973) studied this question. Cartilaginous transformation of the aortic valve following an acute febrile illness resulted in severe aortic valve insufficiency in a young male patient.
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