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A prominent brachiocephalic vein masquerading as an aortic dissection flap on transthoracic echocardiogram: A case for multimodality imaging
Author(s) -
Gajjar Kushani,
Biederman Robert
Publication year - 2020
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.14587
Subject(s) - transthoracic echocardiogram , medicine , brachiocephalic artery , transesophageal echocardiogram , aortic arch , aortic dissection , brachiocephalic vein , radiology , dissection (medical) , cardiology , aorta , superior vena cava
A 30‐year‐old female patient with past medical history of supraventricular tachycardia presented with shortness of breath and underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). The TTE noted a concerning partially mobile linear echo density, with positive Doppler color flow across it along the aortic arch, which was concerning for a dissection flap. The patient accordingly underwent a cardiac MRI which revealed that the anomaly seen on echocardiogram was in the setting of a prominent left brachiocephalic (innominate) vein and without evidence of aortic dissection. While this is a relatively common phenomenon, there is no literature on prominent brachiocephalic vein masquerading as an aortic dissection flap on TTE.