title: Aortic leaflet thinning can mimick leaflet perforation on transesophageal echocardiogram.
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
authors: Mohammad Q
authors: MQ
authors: Najib
authors: Roger L
authors: RL
authors: Click
authors: Jhansi L
authors: JL
authors: Ganji
authors: Hartzell V
authors: HV
authors: Schaff
authors: Hari P
authors: HP
authors: Chaliki
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous