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SUBMITTER: Savino K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5353411 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Savino Ketty K Quintavalle Elisa E Ambrosio Giuseppe G
Journal of cardiovascular echography 20150701 3
The quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare malformation; often isolated, sometimes associated with other heart diseases. Before the era of echocardiography, the diagnosis was made incidentally at autopsy or during surgery of valve replacement. The extensive use of echocardiography has allowed an early and accurate diagnosis of this malformation. In many cases, the transthoracic approach is suitable for the diagnosis but, transesophageal echocardiography is a tool for the accurate definition o ...[more]