Type A Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Multiple Aortocardiac Fistulae: Case Report and Brief Literature Review

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TTE: parasternal short axis view showing type A quadricuspid aortic valve in systole (a) and diastole with a planimetric aortic valve area of 1.8 cm² (b). (c) shows type A quadricuspid aortic valve during systole along with two fistulae, the first between the left sinus of Valsalva and the left atrium (LA) and the second between an aortic periannular abscess and LA.

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