TY - JOUR AU - Martin, Mary H. AU - Perry, Stanton B. AU - Prochazka, James V. AU - Hanley, Frank L. AU - Silverman, Norman H. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/10/29 TI - Surgical management of life threatening events caused by intermittent aortic insufficiency in a native valve: case report JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 94 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - We describe a case of a patient admitted with apparent life threatening events characterized by hypotension and bradycardia. The patient was ultimately found to have intermittent severe aortic insufficiency. Upon surgical exploration, abnormalities were discovered in the aortic valve, which had a small left coronary cusp with absence of the nodulus of Arantius. Following surgical repair of the valve, aimed at preventing the small cusp from becoming stuck in the open position, the patient has remained episode free for over one year. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-94 DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-5-94 ID - Martin2010 ER -