Acute Aortic Regurgitation Caused by Spontaneous Aortic Valve Rupture Li-Tan Yang, MD, Ping-Yen Liu, MD, PhD, Cheng-Han Lee, MD, Chung-Dann Kan, MD, Yi-Heng Li, MD, PhD, Liang-Miin Tsai, MD, Wei- Chuan Tsai, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 6, Pages e147-e149 (December 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.122 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A, B) Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) showed the prolapsed left coronary cusp (LCC) (arrow). (C) Defect of LLC was noted (asterisk). (D) Aortogram showed prolapsed LCC in diastole (open arrows). (Ao = aorta; LA = left atrium.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, e147-e149DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.122) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Prolapsed left coronary cusp (LLC) and morphologically intact right coronary cusp and noncoronary cusp (asterisks). (B) The dissected LLC was redundant, clean, and transparent. (Ao = aorta.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, e147-e149DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.122) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions