Challenging Scenario of Aortic Valve Tendon Masquerading as Aortic Dissection During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

The authors report a case of 85-year-old male undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), whose intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram was concerning for ascending aortic dissection. Further imaging, however, delineated this to be an aortic valve tendon and the TAVR was accompli...

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Autores principales: Abdul Ghaffar, Yasir, Hamirani, Yasmin, Alkhouli, Mohammad Adnan, Cook, Chris, Sengupta, Partho P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Imaging Vignette
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8289126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.05.004
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Sumario:The authors report a case of 85-year-old male undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), whose intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram was concerning for ascending aortic dissection. Further imaging, however, delineated this to be an aortic valve tendon and the TAVR was accomplished successfully. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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