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Echocardiographic mimicker of thrombus on a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis due to cavitation: A paradoxical phenomenon of pressure recovery
Author(s) -
Wang Zhenzhen,
Ayoub Chadi,
Thaden Jeremy J.,
Alsidawi Said,
Miller Fletcher A.,
Sinak Lawrence J.,
Rihal Charanjit S.,
Melduni Rowlens M.
Publication year - 2019
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.14403
Subject(s) - thrombus , cardiology , medicine , prosthesis , aortic valve , mechanical heart valve , mechanical valve , radiology , surgery , heart valve
We describe a case of a mass‐like echocardiographic density on a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve. We initially suspected a thrombus vs vegetation on transthoracic echocardiography, but after transesophageal echocardiography, the density was subsequently determined to be cavitation by reviewing the initial images in slow motion.