Death from ascending aortic aneurysm secondary to quadricuspid aortic valve

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2014 Dec;35(4):232-3. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000126.

Abstract

Quadricuspid aortic valve is a very rare cardiac malformation (<1.46%) that is very rarely associated with other diseases, such as ascending aortic aneurysm.The authors present a case of cardiac tamponade from a rupture of the ascending aortic aneurysm that may have been caused, as shown by a review of the literature, by the quadricuspid aortic valve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Rupture / diagnosis
  • Aortic Rupture / etiology*
  • Aortic Valve / abnormalities*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged