Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases

Unicuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital abnormality with a prevalence of 0.02% in the adult population. Left ventricular noncompaction is another congenital anomaly with an incidence of 0.05%. Unicuspid aortic valve with severe aortic regurgitation and left ventricular noncompaction was found in a 15-year-old deaf male patient who presented with shortness of breath, orthopnoea and intermittent palpitations. JRCD 2019; 4 (4): 106–108.

rare disease; congenital heart disease; echocardiography; magnetic resonance imaging

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