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Co-existence of quadricuspid aortic and pulmonary valves in an adolescent with rheumatic heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Fause Attie*
Affiliation:
From the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia “Ignacio Chávez,”, México
Carlos Zabal
Affiliation:
From the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia “Ignacio Chávez,”, México
Hilda R. López-Valle
Affiliation:
From the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia “Ignacio Chávez,”, México
*
Dr. Fause Attie, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia “Ignacio Chávez,” Juan Badiano 1, Tlalpan, 14080 México, DF, México. Tel. (5) 573 2911; Fax. (5) 573 0994.

Summary

We describe a male adolescent with co-existence of quadricuspid aortic and pulmonary valves and rheumatic heart disease. As far as we know, the presence of quadricuspid aortic and pulmonary valves in the same patient has not previously been described. Furthermore, the presence of rheumatic heart disease in this case makes it a true rarity.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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