Coexisting bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves diagnosed by 3D transthoracic echocardiography

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 423 - 424
• Main Authors: Posada‐Martínez, Edith Liliana, Arias‐Godinez, José Antonio, Romero‐Cárdenas, Ángel, Ruiz Esparza‐Dueñas, María Eugenia, Fritche‐Salazar, Juan Francisco, Rodríguez‐Zanella, Hugo, Ivey‐Miranda, Juan Betuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Aortic Valve - abnormalities; Aortic Valve - diagnostic imaging; bicuspid aortic valve; Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; echocardiography; Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional - methods; Heart Valve Diseases - complications; Heart Valve Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Male; pulmonary valve; Pulmonary Valve - abnormalities; Pulmonary Valve - diagnostic imaging; pulmonary valve; bicuspid aortic valve; echocardiography
• ISSN: 0742-2822; 1540-8175; 1540-8175
• DOI: 10.1111/echo.13826

Coexisting bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves is an extremely rare condition, and there have been few published cases. Diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve is straightforward with 2D echocardiography; however, analysis of the morphology of the pulmonary valve is challenging. In this study, we report on a case of a 32‐year‐old man with bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves diagnosed by 2D and 3D transthoracic echocardiography. The enlarged pulmonary artery without any obvious etiology led us to suspect a pulmonary valve anomaly; thus, we comprehensively evaluated it with 2D and 3D echocardiography, which confirmed the diagnosis of bicuspid pulmonary valve.