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Quadricuspid aortic valve—Report of a case associated with severe aortic regurgitation and review of the literature—

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A case of a 59-year-old woman who had a quadricuspid aortic valve associated with severe aortic regurgitation is reported herein. The anomaly was revealed by aortography, after which the incompetent valve was excised and replaced by a St. Jude Medical prosthesis. A quadricuspid aortic valve must be considered as a malformation which leads to severe valve failure in later life.

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  1. The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Bunkyo-cho 1, 790, Matsuyama, Japan

    Kanzi Matsui MD, Hiroyuki Kohno & Kazuhiro Kurisu

  2. The Department Cardiology, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Bunkyo-cho 1, 790, Matsuyama, Japan

    Satoshi Murakami & Takaya Fukuyama

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Matsui, K., Kohno, H., Kurisu, K. et al. Quadricuspid aortic valve—Report of a case associated with severe aortic regurgitation and review of the literature—. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 19, 93–97 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471575

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