IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-7-3-14635 Original Research Paper AGENESIS OF THE AORTIC VALVE ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOPLASTIC LEFT VENTRICLE – A PATHOLOGIST‘S POINT OF VIEW Dumitru Dr. Tiberiu–Augustin Georgescu Dr. Monica Mihaela Cirstoiu Dr. Maria Sajin Dr. March 2018 7 3 01 02 ABSTRACT

 Congenital aortic valve agenesis is a rare heart anomaly usually associated with other developmental cardiac malformations, part of the so–called ‘hypoplastic left–heart syndrome’. To the best of our knowledge, most reported cases of aortic valve atresia or agenesis have been associated with anomalies of the mitral valve, hypoplasia and/or coarctation of the ascending aorta, malformation of the left ventricle or the interventricular septum, patent foramen ovale and coronary abnormalities. These malformations are responsible for 25% to 40% of all neonatal cardiac deaths. We report a case of aortic valve agenesis associated with left ventricular fibroelastosis found in a 25–week miscarried fetus, product of the first pregnancy of two non–consanguineous healthy parents, with no history of drug abuse or exposure to toxic or teratogenic agents