Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Visualized by Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography

Abstract

Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital anomaly that may cause aortic regurgitation. A 77-year-old male patient was referred to our clinic with complaints of stable angina pectoris. We report a case of a quadricuspid aortic valve diagnosed by 3-dimentional transthoracic echocardiography.

Common Complication in an Uncommon Disease: Presence of Aortic Regurgitation in Patient with Quadricuspid Aortic Valve

“…In the 3 years of follow up, the patient is stable without significant change of echocardiographic parameters. A similar case was reported in which an elderly male with four equal sized cusps with moderate AR, as in our study, was managed under medical therapy [17]. Another case was stated by D'Aloia et al [9], in which presence of a smaller hypoplasic cusp lead to abnormal leaflet coaptation and mild aortic root dilatation, resulting into worsening of AR.…”