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Single pulmonary valve cusp agenesis first detected by computed tomography reconstruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2021

Giovanni A. Chiariello Open the ORCID record for Giovanni A. Chiariello [Opens in a new window] ,
Olivier Vahdat ,
Eric Bruguiere  and
Issam Abouliatim
Giovanni A. Chiariello*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Olivier Vahdat
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
Eric Bruguiere
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
Issam Abouliatim
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
*
Author for correspondence: Dr. Giovanni Alfonso Chiariello, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Clinique Pasteur, 45 Avenue de Lombez, 31076Toulouse, France. Tel: +33 (5) 62 21 16 46; Fax: +33 (5) 62 21 16 82.E-mail: gio.chiariello88@tiscali.it
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Abstract

We present the case, with tomographic three-dimensional reconstructions, of an adult patient affected by congenital absence of one pulmonary valve cusp with completely normal morphology of the other two cusps.

Keywords

CTanatomyCHDpulmonary valvecardiac surgery
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2021 , pp. 1682 - 1683
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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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