Asymptomatic dissection of the ascending aorta: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
A young man with marfanoid habitus underwent transesophageal echocardiography to evaluate an aortic root abnormality visualized on transthoracic echocardiography. Transesophageal echo demonstrated a type A aortic dissection traversing across the right sinus of Valsalva but not involving the aortic valve, right coronary artery, or pericardial sac. The aorta was not dilated. This is apparently the first reported case of an asymptomatic and uncomplicated aortic dissection localized to the sinus of Valsalva.
Khan
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Division of Cardiology, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Vasavada
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Sacchi
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D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging