Unicuspid aortic valve concomitant with aortic insufficiency presenting with infectious endocarditis: a case report

Unicuspid aortic valve concomitant with aortic insufficiency presenting with infectious endocarditis: a case report

Abstract Background A unicuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital cardiac abnormality. Despite its uncommon finding on an initial presentation, aortic insufficiency is accompanied with unicuspid aortic valve and this might reflect the natural history of progression in the morphology of unicuspid aor...

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Main Authors: Naoko Yuzawa-Tsukada, Toshikazu D. Tanaka, Satoshi Morimoto, Michihiro Yoshimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Unicuspid aortic valve
Infectious endocarditis
Aortic insufficiency
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-2239-9

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