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Periodic Protrusion of Right Coronary Cusp into Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Due to Detachment from the Aortic Annulus Complicated with Infective Endocarditis
Author(s) -
Tokuda Hanako,
Murata Mitsushige,
Yashima Fumiyuki,
Kudo Mikihiko,
Tsuruta Hikaru,
Okamoto Kazuma,
Maekawa Yuichiro,
Sano Motoaki,
Fukushima Hiroyuki,
Shimizu Hideyuki,
Fukuda Keiichi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13157
Subject(s) - ventricular outflow tract , cusp (singularity) , cardiology , cardiac skeleton , medicine , infective endocarditis , outflow , aortic valve , annulus (botany) , aortic root , endocarditis , anatomy , aorta , geology , geometry , materials science , mathematics , oceanography , composite material
We describe the imaging of unusual dislocation of right coronary cusp into left ventricular outflow tract ( LVOT ) due to the infective endocarditis. Although the two‐dimensional echocardiography identified a protruding mass in LVOT , the three‐dimensional echocardiography precisely demonstrated the spatial anatomy of the aortic root, which was confirmed by the surgical operation, implicating the usefulness of three‐dimensional echocardiography in this rare anomaly.