Congenital quadricuspid aortic valve anomaly associated with hypertrophic non-obstructive cardiomyopathy: a case report and review of the literature

摘要

A case is reported of a 38 year old woman without known cardiac congenital abnor- mality but a history of well controlled arterial hypertension who was admitted to hospital after successful resuscitation at home following cardiac arrest. There was on evidence of myocardial infarction on 12-lead electrocardiogram but there were signs of left ventricular hypertrophy. Transoesophageal echocardiography re- Vealed a rare quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) malformation with concomitant amild aortic regurgitation. The left ventri- cle showed a massive concentric hyper- trophy without obstruction.