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Lambl's Excrescences Involving the Pulmonary Valve Detected by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
VOROS SZILARD,
NANDA NAVIN C.,
THAKUR ABHASH C.,
NARAYAN VIRENJAN K.,
SAMAL ADITYA K.
Publication year - 1999
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.1540-8175.1999.tb00783.x
Subject(s) - cusp (singularity) , pulmonary valve , cardiology , medicine , anatomy , mathematics , geometry
We report the first case of echocardiographically detected Lambl's excrescences on the pulmonary valve in a 72‐year‐old man who was referred for transesophageal echocardiography as a part of an evaluation for ischemic stroke. A total of four excrescences were noted on the arterial aspect of the pulmonary valve; two of them were on the anterior cusp, one was on the left cusp, and one was on the right cusp. The excrescence on the left cusp was the largest, measuring 5 mm in length. These valvular strands (Lambl's excrescences) represented an incidental finding and were not associated with any disease process.