A case of pentacuspid pulmonary valve

Demircin S., Keles-Coskun N.

SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY, vol.32, no.6, pp.613-615, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00276-009-0607-7
  • Journal Name: SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.613-615
  • Keywords: Pentacuspid pulmonary valve, Valve anomalies, QUADRICUSPID PULMONARY, TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS, SEMILUNAR VALVES, AORTIC VALVES
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A pentacuspid pulmonary valve is a rare congenital anomaly. The present report describes a case of pentacuspid pulmonary valve encountered during the autopsy of a 50-year-old man with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The pentacuspid pulmonary valve had three relatively equal cusps and two smaller cusps. In this case, a tricuspid aortic valve was identified with normal structure and no evidence of heart failure was found clinically or pathologically.