Jagannath Anand D, Johri Amer M, Liberthson Richard, Larobina Marco, Passeri Jonathan, Tighe Dennis, Agnihotri Arvind K
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Echocardiography. 2011 Oct;28(9):1035-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01477.x. Epub 2011 Aug 19.
Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is rare and its diagnosis, clinical course, and management are less well defined relative to other aortic valve abnormalities. Advances in diagnostic imaging, notably in ultrasound, have increased clinical awareness of this anomaly and prompted this review of our experience with 12 new patients and a compilation of previously reported patients to further characterize this condition.
四叶式主动脉瓣(QAV)较为罕见,相对于其他主动脉瓣异常,其诊断、临床病程及治疗方法的界定尚不够清晰。诊断成像技术的进步,尤其是超声技术的进步,提高了对这种异常情况的临床认识,并促使我们对12例新患者的经验进行回顾,并汇总先前报道的患者情况,以进一步明确这种病症。