Utility of transesophageal echocardiography for the characterization of cardiovascular anomalies associated with Turner's syndrome.
This case illustrates the complementary value of transesophageal echocardiography to routine transthoracic echocardiography in an asymptomatic adult patient with Turner's syndrome. The combined findings of bicuspid aortic valve, severe aortic dilation, coarctation of the aorta, and type A aortic dissection were clearly delineated by transesophageal echocardiography.
Gopal
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New York Hospital, Medical Center of Queens, Echo Lab - 5th Floor, 56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355, USA.
Arora
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Vardanian
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Messineo
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D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*