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Shuofang Ren1, Yulin Wen1, Guotao Ma1
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Thrombus formation on a well-conserved bicuspid aortic valve is rare. We encountered a patient with organized thrombus formation on a native bicuspid aortic valve without calcification or stenosis, which was found occasionally during an elective operation for ascending aorta replacement surgery. The location of the thrombus was just at the orifice of left coronary artery, which produced the atherosclerosis-like symptoms such like exertional chest tightness and dyspnea. And these are no apparent predisposing causes of thrombosis could be ascertained postoperatively. The patient is in excellent condition 6 months after the operation. The lesson we learned from our case is that when the patient's symptom can't correspond with his or her diagnosis, we should ask more questions, evaluate the patient thoroughly and make the differential diagnosis as possible as we can. And the surgery can be performed aggressively when patient's symptoms cannot be figured out by physical examination, not only for pathologic confirmation but also for the prevention of life-threatening complications that can caused by either condition.
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