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Document Details : Title: A case of subannular aortic aneurysm detected by transoephageal echocardiography Author(s): TURIEL, Maurizio , GOTTARDI, Barbara , MUZZUPAPPA, Sabrina Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 56 Issue: 6 Date: December 2001 Pages: 395-397 DOI: 10.2143/AC.56.6.2005704 Abstract : Subvalvular aortic aneurysm is a cardiac abnormality extremely uncommon in white adult patients. Accurate diagnosis can be made by transoesophageal echocardiography which is the modality of choice for non-invasive recognition of aortic and subaortic abnormalities. In this report we describe, in a 47-year-old white man with subvalvular aortic aneurysm associated to aortic bicuspid valve, the echocardiographic diagnosis and cardiac intervention of aortic valve replacement with surgical oblit- eration of the orifice.A good surgical result was confirmed by an echocardiographic transthoracic examination performed after 6 months. |
