Coexisting bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves with normally related great vessels diagnosed by live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Echocardiography. 2014 Feb;31(2):218-21. doi: 10.1111/echo.12517. Epub 2014 Jan 22.

Abstract

Coexistence of bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves in the same patient is a very rare entity identified mainly during surgery and postmortem. To the best of our knowledge, only one case has been diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography in a newborn with malposition of the great arteries but no images were presented. Here, we are reporting the first case of bicuspid pulmonary and aortic valves diagnosed by live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in an adult with normally related great arteries.

Keywords: bicuspid aortic valve; bicuspid pulmonary valve; echocardiography; live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography; three-dimensional echocardiography; two-dimensional echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Valve / abnormalities*
  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
  • Computer Systems
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Valve / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Valve / diagnostic imaging*