Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2963883 | Journal of Cardiology Cases | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We experienced a case of acute congestive heart failure in a 73-year-old man who had been followed up due to mild-to-moderate aortic stenosis and moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitation. A huge aortic valve aneurysm was found to extend from his right coronary cusp to a left ventricular outflow tract, resulting in moderate subaortic obstruction and severe aortic regurgitation. Surgical repair was performed and a perforated aneurysm of right aortic cusp was identified. Histological examinations suggested that healed infective endocarditis was responsible for the formation of an aneurysm in the aortic valve.
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Authors
Hirohito Sugawara, Tomoaki Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Hotta, Daisuke Yoshida, Nobuo Kato, Junichi Ohata, Katsuhisa Ishii, Satoshi Yuda, Tatsuya Murakami, Shingo Shibata, Akihiro Ishizu, Hitoshi Ooiwa, Yukiyasu Fujise, Tomoaki Nakata,