Key result
A previously asymptomatic teenage girl with a unicuspid aortic valve presented with cardiac arrest and was successfully treated, highlighting the morbidity associated with this rare anomaly.
Case Report (n=1)
Unicuspid aortic valve can rarely present as sudden cardiac arrest in asymptomatic adolescents, highlighting the need for careful assessment when suspected.
Alerts clinicians to UAV-related arrest risk in asymptomatic adolescents; leaves open optimal screening and risk stratification.
Unicuspid aortic valve (UAV) is a rare congenital anomaly typically affecting patients in their fourth and fifth decades and presenting with signs of heart failure. Our case is one of a previously asymptomatic teenage girl with a UAV, who presented with cardiac arrest and was successfully treated. Only two other similar cases have been reported in the literature, both were of slightly older male patients. Our case highlights the morbidity associated with the anomaly supporting the need for careful assessment of the valve in cases where UAV is suspected.
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Connelly et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Unicuspid aortic valve presenting with cardiac arrest (n=1). Unicuspid aortic valve was evaluated on Cardiac arrest and successful treatment. A previously asymptomatic teenage girl with a unicuspid aortic valve presented with cardiac arrest and was successfully treated, highlighting the morbidity associated with this rare anomaly.
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