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- Title
Stenotic bicuspid aortic valve associated with a ventricular septal defect in an adult presenting with congestive heart failure: a rare observation.
- Authors
SUZUKI, T.; NAGAI, R.; KURIHARA, H.; KURIHARA, Y.; YAMAZAKI, T.; HO, E.; MAEMURA, K.; SHIOJIMA, I.; YAMAOKI, K.; FURUSE, A.; YAZAKI, Y.
- Abstract
This report is concerned with an adult presenting with stenotic bicuspid aortic valve associated with a ventricular septal defect (VSD). The association between aortic regurgitation (AR) and VSD has often been described, but that between a stenosed aortic valve and VSD has been rarely observed, although bicuspid aortic valves and ventricular septal defects are probably the two most common congenital heart defects. The development of congestive heart failure in the presented case was considered to be due to an increase in the left to right shunt through the VSD. This was attributable to a progressive elevation in left ventricular pressure as a result of the development, with age, of stenosis of the bicuspid aortic valve.
- Publication
European Heart Journal, 1994, Vol 15, Issue 3, p402
- ISSN
0195-668X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060512