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European Heart Journal 1994 15(3):402-403;
Copyright © 1994 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1994 The European Society of Cardiology

Stenotic bicuspid aortic valve associated with a ventricular septal defect in an adult presenting with congestive heart failure: a rare observation

T. SUZUKI*, R. NAGAI*, H. KURIHARA*, Y. KURIHARA*, T. YAMAZAKI*, E. HO*, K. MAEMURA*, I. SHIOJIMA*, K. YAMAOKI*, A. FURUSE{dagger} and Y. YAZAKI*

*The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo Japan
{dagger}The Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo Japan

Received 29 April 1993; revised 19 October 1993; .

Correspondence: Toru Suzuki MD, c/o Ryozo Nagai MD, The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 153

Abstract

This report is concerned with an adult presenting with stenotic bicuspid aortic valve associated with a ventricular septal defect (VSD). The association between aortic regurgitation (AR) and VSD has often been described, but that between a stenosed aortic valve and VSD has been rarely observed, although bicuspid aortic valves and ventricular septal defects are probably the two most common congenital heart defects. The development of congestive heart failure in the presented case was considered to be due to an increase in the left to right shunt through the VSD. This was attributable to a progressive elevation in left ventricular pressure as a result of the development, with age, of stenosis of the bicuspid aortic valve.

Key Words: Aortic stenosis • ventricular septal defect • bicuspid aortic valves • congestive heart failure


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