TY - JOUR
T1 - Unruptured Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
T2 - Preoperative Characterization by Transesophageal Echocardiography
AU - Blackshear, Joseph L.
AU - Safford, Robert E.
AU - Lane, Gary E.
AU - Freeman, William K.
AU - Schaff, Hartzell V.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - We describe a patient with a large unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm that was discovered incidentally. Transesophageal echocardiography was used to characterize the aneurysm preoperatively, and was helpful intraoperatively in assessment of the degree of native aortic valvular regurgitation after repair. The use of transthoracic echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, Doppler echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography are discussed in this condition.
AB - We describe a patient with a large unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm that was discovered incidentally. Transesophageal echocardiography was used to characterize the aneurysm preoperatively, and was helpful intraoperatively in assessment of the degree of native aortic valvular regurgitation after repair. The use of transthoracic echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, Doppler echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography are discussed in this condition.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0894-7317(14)80382-9
DO - 10.1016/S0894-7317(14)80382-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 1742036
AN - SCOPUS:0026213960
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 4
SP - 485
EP - 490
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 5
ER -