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A 45-year-old asymptomatic male was diagnosed with a quadricuspid aortic valve, a rare congenital anomaly often leading to aortic regurgitation and associated with other cardiac abnormalities.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the clinical significance of recognizing quadricuspid aortic valve, a rare congenital anomaly often leading to aortic regurgitation and associated with other congenital abnormalities.
Alerts clinicians to quadricuspid aortic valve in asymptomatic adults; leaves open optimal screening for associated coronary anomalies.
Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital cardiac entity. The recognition of quadricuspid aortic valve has clinical significance as it leads to aortic valve dysfunction in majority, commonly aortic regurgitation, severe enough for surgical correction. Preoperative diagnosis is essential as it is often associated with other congenital cardiac abnormalities including abnormally located coronary ostia. We report a case of quadricuspid aortic valve in a forty-five year old asymptomatic male and review the available literature.
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Malviya et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Quadricuspid aortic valve (n=1). A 45-year-old asymptomatic male was diagnosed with a quadricuspid aortic valve, a rare congenital anomaly often leading to aortic regurgitation and associated with other cardiac abnormalities.
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