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Transesophageal Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Traumatic Rupture of the Noncoronary Cusp of the Aortic Valve
Author(s) -
Nekkanti Rajasekhar,
Aaluri Srinivasa R.,
Nanda Navin C.,
Mukhtar Osman
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00189.x
Subject(s) - cusp (singularity) , cardiology , medicine , aortic valve , mathematics , geometry
We report a patient with traumatic aortic valve injury in whom a large defect in the noncoronary cusp of the aortic valve was clearly visualized by multiplane TEE and confirmed at surgery.