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Transesophageal Echocardiography Findings of an Infected Quadricuspid Aortic Valve with an Anomalous Coronary Artery
Author(s) -
FINCH ANA,
OSMAN KHIDIR,
KIM KEESIK,
NANDA NAVIN C.,
WILLMAN BERT,
SOTO BENIGNO,
KIRKLIN JAMES K.
Publication year - 1994
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/j.1540-8175.1994.tb01379.x
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , regurgitation (circulation) , cardiac catheterization , aortic valve , sinus (botany) , artery , pathological , aortic sinus , aneurysm , radiology , botany , biology , genus
We describe a patient with severe aortic regurgitation in whom transesophageal echocardiography coupled with cardiac catheterization and pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a quadricuspid aortic valve, anomalous coronary artery, and aneurysm of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva.