title: Incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over the two-dimensional technique in the assessment of sinus of valsalva aneurysm rupture.
abstract: We present an adult patient with rupture of the right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in whom the two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiogram failed to show the rupture. On the other hand, live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography clearly delineated the site of rupture into the pericardium and mediastinum.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Thoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raslan
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Lancelot
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khairnar
authors.forename: Stephanie D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Holman
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*