Coexisting bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves diagnosed by 3D transthoracic echocardiography.
Edith Liliana Posada-MartínezJosé Antonio Arias-GodinezÁngel Romero-CárdenasMaría Eugenia Ruiz Esparza-DueñasJuan Francisco Fritche-SalazarHugo G Rodriguez-ZanellaJuan Betuel Ivey-MirandaPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
Coexisting bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves is an extremely rare condition, and there have been few published cases. Diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve is straightforward with 2D echocardiography; however, analysis of the morphology of the pulmonary valve is challenging. In this study, we report on a case of a 32-year-old man with bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves diagnosed by 2D and 3D transthoracic echocardiography. The enlarged pulmonary artery without any obvious etiology led us to suspect a pulmonary valve anomaly; thus, we comprehensively evaluated it with 2D and 3D echocardiography, which confirmed the diagnosis of bicuspid pulmonary valve.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- pulmonary hypertension
- aortic stenosis
- pulmonary artery
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- left ventricular
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- computed tomography
- coronary artery
- systematic review
- mitral valve
- ejection fraction
- atrial fibrillation