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Cusp Flail Severity

MedGen UID:
927254
•Concept ID:
C4289722
•
Finding

Definition

The qualitative measurement of the severity of a flailing cardiac valve cusp. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCusp Flail Severity

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Repair of flail leaflet of the tricuspid valve by a simple cusp remodeling technique.
Yang X, Wu Q, Xu J, Shen X, Gao S, Liu F
J Card Surg 2007 Jul-Aug;22(4):333-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00418.x. PMID: 17661778

Diagnosis

Pathologic and angiographic correlations of transesophageal echocardiography in prosthetic heart valve dysfunction.
Chaudhry FA, Herrera C, DeFrino PF, Mehlman DJ, Zabalgoitia M
Am Heart J 1991 Oct;122(4 Pt 1):1057-64. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(91)90472-t. PMID: 1927857
M-mode echocardiographic features of severe aortic valve endocarditis.
Griffiths BE, Petch MC
Eur Heart J 1983 Feb;4(2):121-8. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a061426. PMID: 6852067
Echocardiographic findings in prolapsed aortic cusp with vegetation.
Shiu MF, Coltart DJ, Braimbridge MV
Br Heart J 1979 Jan;41(1):118-20. doi: 10.1136/hrt.41.1.118. PMID: 426951Free PMC Article
Echocardiographic manifestation of flail right and noncoronary aortic valve leaflets.
Kleiner JP, Brundage BH, Ports TA, Thomas HM
Chest 1978 Sep;74(3):301-3. doi: 10.1378/chest.74.3.301. PMID: 357098
Mid-diastolic aortic valve opening in severe acute aortic regurgitation.
Weaver WF, Wilson CS, Rourke T, Caudill CC
Circulation 1977 Jan;55(1):145-8. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.55.1.145. PMID: 830203

Therapy

Unusual cause of severe transvalvular eccentric jet AR: early structure valve deterioration of Trifecta valves by flail leaflet undergoing valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Chatlaong T, Kosum P, Tumkosit M, Limjareon T
BMJ Case Rep 2024 Feb 23;17(2) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-256369. PMID: 38395470Free PMC Article
A torn 15-year-old aortic bioprosthesis in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention: echocardiographic diagnosis and pathologic correlation. A case report.
Michelena HI, Enriquez-Sarano M, Sundt TM 3rd
J Heart Valve Dis 2009 Mar;18(2):228-31. PMID: 19455901

Prognosis

Repair of flail leaflet of the tricuspid valve by a simple cusp remodeling technique.
Yang X, Wu Q, Xu J, Shen X, Gao S, Liu F
J Card Surg 2007 Jul-Aug;22(4):333-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00418.x. PMID: 17661778

Clinical prediction guides

Repair of flail leaflet of the tricuspid valve by a simple cusp remodeling technique.
Yang X, Wu Q, Xu J, Shen X, Gao S, Liu F
J Card Surg 2007 Jul-Aug;22(4):333-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00418.x. PMID: 17661778

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