Open AccessAortic stenosis: A routine diagnosis with a rare cause
Author(s) -
Afsoon Fazlinejad,
Atooshe Rohani,
Malihe Layeghian,
Shahram Kargar,
Mohammad Reza Arefifar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/2211-4122.187965
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , cardiology , radiology
A 40-year-old male patient presented with dyspnea on exertion and palpitation from 2 months ago. Physical examination revealed normal vital sign and a systolic murmur grade 3/6 in aortic area. Echocardiography revealed unicuspid aortic valve with an eccentric orifice, calcification, and aortic valve area of 0.9 cm 2 . This case report highlights the usefulness of three-dimensional echocardiography for the determination of number of aortic valve cusps, presence of raphe and morphology of valve.