title: Implications of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography detection of ruptured sinus of valsalva in a patient with severe aortic regurgitation undergoing aortic valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. praveenneema@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Praveen Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Neema
authors.forename: Manikandan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sethuraman
authors.forename: Ramesh Chandra
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rathod
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome