Quadricuspid aortic valve without severe dysfunction despite advanced age. Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital [Tex Heart Inst J] Journal article | | Title | Quadricuspid aortic valve without severe dysfunction despite advanced age. | | Author(s) | Okmen AS, Okmen E | | Institution | Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Memorial Hospital, 34758, Istanbul, Turkey. | | Source | Tex Heart Inst J 2009; 36(5):486-8. | | Abstract | We report the case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with stable angina and with a quadricuspid aortic valve, which consisted of 4 equal-sized leaflets that were diagnosed incidentally upon coronary angiography. Despite the patient's advanced age, the abnormal valve was functioning almost normally. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19876437 |
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