Surgical Repair of a Quadricuspid Aortic Valve With Severe Regurgitation Utilizing "Tricuspidization" and Annular Banding: A Case and Technique Details Report

Yang Yu; Ruixuan Huang; Zheng Ding; Enyi Shi; Tianxiang Gu

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2022.871818

Surgical Repair of a Quadricuspid Aortic Valve With Severe Regurgitation Utilizing "Tricuspidization" and Annular Banding: A Case and Technique Details Report

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 May 3:9:871818. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.871818. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yang Yu¹, Ruixuan Huang¹, Zheng Ding¹, Enyi Shi¹, Tianxiang Gu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.

Abstract

The quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital disease with a prevalence of 0. 013-0.043% of cardiac cases. Most patients with QAV are treated with aortic valve replacement. A Type B QAV with dilated ascending aorta of 47.9 mm; combined with severe regurgitation is reported here. In this case, considering the patient's cusps are flexible and reservable, the aortic root was reconstructed utilizing tricuspidization and annular banding technique, and dilated ascending aorta was replaced at the same time.

Keywords: aortic valve repair (AV repair); aortic valve replacement (AVR); heart failiure; quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV); root banding.

Publication types

Case Reports