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CASE REPORT
Year : 2016  |  Volume : 28  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 128-130

Bicuspid aortic valve associated with aortic thrombotic occlusion


Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Correspondence Address:
Altuğ Ösken
Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Cardiology Clinic, Tibbiye Cad. 13, 34846 Kadikoy, Istanbul
Turkey
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/1110-7782.200969

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The bicuspid aortic valve is associated with disorders of the aortic wall, including coarctation of the aorta and aortic dissection. The histologic abnormality underlying aortic complications in bicuspid aortic valve is cystic medial necrosis. The elastic properties of the aorta are abnormal in bicuspid aortic valve. Here, we present a case of aortic thrombotic occlusion in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve.


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