Spontaneous echocardiographic contrast within an unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a potential embolic source diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 75-year-old male patient had an unexplained transient ischemic attack. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large, unruptured Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm which contained spontaneous echo contrast. This finding represents a potential source of embolism.

publication date

  • January 1, 1996

Research

keywords

  • Aortic Aneurysm
  • Coronary Thrombosis
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Sinus of Valsalva

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0030277972

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0894-7317(96)90482-4

PubMed ID

  • 8943450

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 9

issue

  • 6