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An aortic valve with four leaflets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Yoshiyuki Sakai ,
Hideshi Tomita  and
Susumu Ukae
Yoshiyuki Sakai*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediarics, Sapporo Social Insurance Genaral Hospital; Japan
Hideshi Tomita
Affiliation:
Department of Pediarics, Sapporo Social Insurance Genaral Hospital; Japan
Susumu Ukae
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, school of Medicine, sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
*
Yoshiyuki Sakai MD, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, South 1, West 16, Chuou-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan. Tel: 81- 11–611–2111 (ext. 3413); Fax: 81- 11–611–0352; Email: [email protected]
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Extract

An aortic valve with four leaflets is a rare congenital malformation. It is usually diagnosed unexpectedly at autopsy, during replacement of the aortic valve, or by aortic angiography. Transthoracic cross-sectional echocardiography, however, can also delineate the structure of the aortic valve, and demonstrate the presence of valves with four leaflets

Keywords

Quadricuspid valvemorphologyarterial valvescongenital heart disease
Type
Images in Congenital Heart Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 10 , Issue 5 , September 2000 , pp. 538
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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References

Janssens, U, Klues, HGHanrath, PCongenital quadricuspid aortic valve anomaly associaced with hyperrophic nonobstructive cardionyopathy: a case report and review of the literature Heart 1997 78: 83ndash;87.CrossRefGoogle Scholar