Sudden deterioration of aortic regurgitation due to rupture of a raphal cord on the conjoined cusp

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 477-480

  Akiyama, Kazuya ^b   Taniyasu, Naohito ^c   Iba, Yutaka ^c   Hirota, Jun ^a   Asano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Bicuspid aortic valve; Conjoined cusp; Raphal cord

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX PAIN;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE;

EID: 0034087807     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.477     Document Type: Article

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