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Frontiers of Medicine

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Front. Med.    2007, Vol. 1 Issue (1) : 74-78    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11684-007-0015-5
Histopathological study of congenital aortic valve malformations in 32 children
HUANG Ping1, WANG Hongwei1, LI Yanping1, CHENG Peixuan1, LIU Qingjun1, ZHANG Zhenlu2, LIU Jianying2
1.Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; 2.Department of Pathology, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, Wuhan 430022, China
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Abstract The histopathological characteristics of congenital aortic valve malformations in children were investigated. All the native surgically excised aortic valves from 32 pediatric patients suffering from symptomatic aortic valve dysfunction due to congenital aortic valve malformations between January 2003 and December 2005 were studied macroscopically and microscopically. The patients  medical records were reviewed and the clinical information was extracted. The diagnosis was made by the clinical presentation, preoperative echocardiography, intraoperative examination, and postoperative histopathological study, excluding rheumatic or degenerative aortic valve diseases, infective endocarditis and primary connective tissue disorders, e.g. Marfan syndrome. Among 32 children with congenital aortic valve malformations, the age was ranged from six to 18 years, with a mean of 14.9 years, and there were 27 boys and five girls (male: female = 5.4:1). There were five cases of aortic stenosis (AS, 15.62%), 25 cases of aortic insufficiency (AI, 78.13%) and two cases of AS-AI (6.25%), without other valve diseases. Twenty cases still had other congenital heart diseases: ventricular septal defect (19 cases), patent ductus arteriosus (two cases), double-chambered right ventricle (one case), aneurysm of the right anterior aortic sinus of valsalva (three cases). Histopathological examination indicated that the cusps became thickening with unequal size, irregular shape (coiling and prolapse edge), enhanced hardness, and partly calcification. Microscopic investigation revealed the unsharp structure of valve tissue, fibrosis, myxomatous, reduced collagen fiber, rupture of elastic fibers, different degrees of infiltration of inflammatory cells, secondary calcareous and lipid deposit, and secondary fibrosis. Congenital aortic valve malformations in children involve males more than females, mostly associated with other congenital heart diseases. Aortic insufficiency is more common in children with congenital aortic valve malformations. Histopathologically, the leaflets of aortic valve are mainly myxomatous, thickening with unequal size, irregular shape (coiling and prolapse edge), reduced collagen fiber, rupture of elastic fibers, without small vessel proliferation and inflammatory cell infiltration, fibrosis and calcification rarely seen.
Issue Date: 05 March 2007
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WANG Hongwei,HUANG Ping,LIU Jianying, et al. Histopathological study of congenital aortic valve malformations in 32 children[J]. Front. Med., 2007, 1(1): 74-78.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fmd/EN/Y2007/V1/I1/74
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