Noninvasive evaluation of membranous subaortic stenosis: complimentary roles of echocardiography and computed tomographic angiography.
A 29-year-old Ethiopian woman that was referred to the Wisconsin Heart Hospital for treatment of subaortic stenosis, diagnosed 4 years earlier, in Ethiopia, using transthoracic echocardiography. Preoperative evaluation included transesophageal echocardiography, which showed severe membranous subaortic stenosis with a mean outflow gradient of 70 mmHg. Cardiac computed tomographic angiography also demonstrated a subaortic membrane, and additionally showed normal epicardial coronary arteries. The patient underwent uneventful surgical resection of the subaortic membrane without undergoing cardiac catheterization.
Mun
Hee-Sun
HS
Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Wann
L Samuel
LS
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D021922:Discrete Subaortic Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed