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Incremental Value of Live/Real Time Three‐Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography over the Two‐Dimensional Technique in the Assessment of Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Rupture
Author(s) -
Raslan Saleem,
Nanda Navin C.,
Lloyd Lancelot,
Khairnar Prakash,
Reilly Stephanie D.,
Holman William L.
Publication year - 2011
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.1540-8175.2011.01461.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , sinus (botany) , pericardium , mediastinum , transesophageal echocardiogram , cardiology , radiology , botany , biology , genus
We present an adult patient with rupture of the right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in whom the two‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiogram failed to show the rupture. On the other hand, live/real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography clearly delineated the site of rupture into the pericardium and mediastinum. (Echocardiography 2011;28:918‐920)