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Noninvasive Evaluation of Membranous Subaortic Stenosis: Complimentary Roles of Echocardiography and Computed Tomographic Angiography
Author(s) -
Mun HeeSun,
Wann L. Samuel
Publication year - 2010
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.1540-8175.2009.01075.x
Subject(s) - medicine , computed tomographic angiography , computed tomographic , stenosis , radiology , cardiac catheterization , angiography , cardiology , computed tomography
A 29‐year‐old Ethiopian woman that was referred to the Wisconsin Heart Hospital for treatment of subaortic stenosis, diagnosed 4 years earlier, in Ethiopia, using transthoracic echocardiography. Preoperative evaluation included transesophageal echocardiography, which showed severe membranous subaortic stenosis with a mean outflow gradient of 70 mmHg. Cardiac computed tomographic angiography also demonstrated a subaortic membrane, and additionally showed normal epicardial coronary arteries. The patient underwent uneventful surgical resection of the subaortic membrane without undergoing cardiac catheterization. (Echocardiography 2010;27:E34‐E35)