Open AccessCleft in aortic valve
Author(s) -
Kinnaresh Baria,
Amit Mishra,
Rushikesh Shah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of the cardiovascular academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2405-819X
pISSN - 2405-8181
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcac.2016.02.002
Subject(s) - medicine , cusp (singularity) , cardiology , aortic valve , aortic valve insufficiency , surgery , geometry , mathematics
Congenital aortic valve cleft is a rare entity with scanty literature available. Cleft in aortic valve can be congenital, degenerative or age related. Sudden rupture of cusps can lead to severe aortic insufficiency requiring surgical intervention. With this we acknowledge a case where patient had aortic insufficiency due to cleft in right coronary cusp with perimembranous ventricular septal defect