Thrombus in a normal sinus of Valsalva: angiographic, multiplane transoesophageal echocardiographic, and surgical findings.
A large intraluminal thrombus within an otherwise normal sinus of Valsalva was diagnosed in a 41 year old man who was investigated for myocardial infarction. The thrombus was suspected by aortic root injection, confirmed by transoesophageal echocardiography, and treated surgically.
Christiaens
L
L
Department of Cardiology A, Hospital University, Poitiers, France.
Allal
J
J
Corbi
P
P
D000328:Adult; D001027:Aortography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery