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Ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a quadricuspid aortic valve

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We report here a rare case of ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a tricuspitalized quadricuspid aortic valve. A 45-year-old man had a fusiform ascending aortic aneurysm with aortic valve regurgitation. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed grade III aortic regurgitation. Chest computed tomography showed an ascending aortic aneurysm with a diameter of 48 mm. Surgery revealed that the aortic valve was a tricuspitalized quadricuspid aortic valve with an accessory cusp between the right coronary cusp and left coronary cusp.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan

    Keiichiro Kasama, Hitoshi Ogino, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda & Junjiro Kobayashi

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Kasama, K., Ogino, H., Matsuda, H. et al. Ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a quadricuspid aortic valve. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 59, 179–180 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-010-0645-4

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