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Aortic stenosis: A routine diagnosis with a rare cause.

ABSTRACT: 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 cm². 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.

SUBMITTER: Fazlinejad A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5224668 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Aortic stenosis: A routine diagnosis with a rare cause.

Fazlinejad Afsoon A Rohani Atooshe A Layeghian Malihe M Kargar Shahram S Arefifar Mohammad Reza MR

Journal of cardiovascular echography 20160701 3

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<sup>2</sup>. 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 ...[more]

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Aortic stenosis: A routine diagnosis with a rare cause.

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Aortic stenosis: A routine diagnosis with a rare cause.

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