Luciani Giovanni Battista, Morjan Mohammed, Faggian Giuseppe, Mazzucco Alessandro
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona, O. C. M. Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Sep;11(3):348-50. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.237404. Epub 2010 Jun 23.
Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital lesion, generally manifesting with valve regurgitation. Standard treatment involves valve replacement, though anecdotal cases of successful repair by means of valve tricuspidization have been reported. Here, the successful application of a repair technique previously unreported in the setting of QAV is described.
四叶式主动脉瓣(QAV)是一种罕见的先天性病变,通常表现为瓣膜反流。标准治疗方法是瓣膜置换,不过也有通过瓣膜三尖瓣化成功修复的个别病例报道。在此,描述了一种此前在QAV病例中未报道过的修复技术的成功应用。