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Severe Aortic Stenosis Associated with Unicommissural Unicuspid Aortic Valve in a Middle Aged Male
Severe Aortic Stenosis Associated with Unicommissural Unicuspid Aortic Valve in a Middle Aged Male
- Source :
- Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Echocardiography, 2016.
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Abstract
- Unicuspid aortic valve (UAV) is an extremely rare form of congenital aortic valvular abnormality. Although UAV shows similar clinical characteristics to bicuspid aortic valve, the clinical symptoms develop at earlier age and progress at a faster pace in UAV. In this report, we are presenting a 42-year-old male with severe aortic stenosis associated with unicommissural UAV. The patients underwent a successful Bentall operation.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Severe
Aortic aneurysm
business.industry
Aortic stenosis
Case Report
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Unicuspid aortic valve
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
Stenosis
0302 clinical medicine
Bicuspid aortic valve
Internal medicine
Unicommissural unicuspid aortic valve
cardiovascular system
medicine
Valvular abnormality
Cardiology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
030212 general & internal medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20059655 and 19754612
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9605c157d4ec336665a578d4ee3f28c2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2016.24.3.247