Aortic dissection with flap prolapse into the left ventricle.
Transesophageal echocardiography provided an accurate diagnosis of intimal flap prolapse into the left ventricle in all 6 of our patients. This complication of AD is a newly recognized and uncommonly discerned cause of severe AR.
Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed