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J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2016 Jul-Sep;26(3):104-105. doi: 10.4103/2211-4122.187965.

Aortic stenosis: A routine diagnosis with a rare cause.

Journal of cardiovascular echography

Afsoon Fazlinejad, Atooshe Rohani, Malihe Layeghian, Shahram Kargar, Mohammad Reza Arefifar

Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Quaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran.

PMID: 28465973 PMCID: PMC5224668 DOI: 10.4103/2211-4122.187965

Abstract

A 40-year-old male patient presented with dyspnea on exertion and palpitation from 2 months ago. Physical examination revealed normal vital sign and a systolic murmur grade 3/6 in aortic area. Echocardiography revealed unicuspid aortic valve with an eccentric orifice, calcification, and aortic valve area of 0.9 cm

Keywords: Aortic stenosis; echocardiography; systolic murmur; unicuspid aortic valve

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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