Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Out of the Shadows, into the Light

We present the case of a 63-year-old man with severe aortic valve regurgitation and left-ventricular dysfunction. The patient was scheduled for elective surgery. A quadricuspid aortic valve with fibrous thickening and calcification of the cusps was visualized intraoperatively while preoperative surf...

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Main Authors: Dmitri Panfilov, Elizaveta Petrakova, Boris Kozlov
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/15/13/1689
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description We present the case of a 63-year-old man with severe aortic valve regurgitation and left-ventricular dysfunction. The patient was scheduled for elective surgery. A quadricuspid aortic valve with fibrous thickening and calcification of the cusps was visualized intraoperatively while preoperative surface echocardiography had failed to diagnose this anomaly. The aortic valve was successfully replaced with a biological prosthesis.
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spelling doaj-art-0bb2319799ca43b38b2f76d094291c152025-08-20T03:28:33ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182025-07-011513168910.3390/diagnostics15131689Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Out of the Shadows, into the LightDmitri Panfilov0Elizaveta Petrakova1Boris Kozlov2Cardiology Research Institute, Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution ‘Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences’, 634012 Tomsk, RussiaCardiology Research Institute, Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution ‘Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences’, 634012 Tomsk, RussiaCardiology Research Institute, Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution ‘Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences’, 634012 Tomsk, RussiaWe present the case of a 63-year-old man with severe aortic valve regurgitation and left-ventricular dysfunction. The patient was scheduled for elective surgery. A quadricuspid aortic valve with fibrous thickening and calcification of the cusps was visualized intraoperatively while preoperative surface echocardiography had failed to diagnose this anomaly. The aortic valve was successfully replaced with a biological prosthesis.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/15/13/1689quadricuspid aortic valveechocardiographyaortic valve replacement
spellingShingle Dmitri Panfilov
Elizaveta Petrakova
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Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Out of the Shadows, into the Light
Diagnostics
quadricuspid aortic valve
echocardiography
aortic valve replacement
title Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Out of the Shadows, into the Light
title_full Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Out of the Shadows, into the Light
title_fullStr Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Out of the Shadows, into the Light
title_full_unstemmed Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Out of the Shadows, into the Light
title_short Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: Out of the Shadows, into the Light
title_sort quadricuspid aortic valve out of the shadows into the light
topic quadricuspid aortic valve
echocardiography
aortic valve replacement
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/15/13/1689
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