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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003;11:377
© 2003 Asia Publishing EXchange Ltd

IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Unicuspid Aortic Valve

Giuseppe Bruschi, MD, Mauro Santarone, MD1, Elena Ribera, MD, Giuseppe Tarelli, MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, "A. De Gasperis" Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital
1 Milan and Cardiology Valduce Hospital, Como, Italy

For reprint information contact: Giuseppe Bruschi, MD Tel: 39 2 6444 2565 Fax: 39 2 6444 2566 email: giuseppe.bruschi{at}fastwebnet.it Department of Cardiac Surgery, "A. De Gasperis" Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3, Milan 20162, Italy.

A 33 years old man, was referred to our hospital for dilated aortic root and aortic valve insufficiency. The patient underwent a Bentall DeBono operation. The presence of a unicuspid aortic valve, showed at preoperative echocardiography, was confirmed. The single commissure had fibro-calcific degeneration, with an eccentric opening (Figure 1Go).




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  		Figure 1. (A) Echocardiography frame. (B) Intraoperative view of the unicuspid, unicommisural aortic valve.

 





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