Echocardiographic mimicker of thrombus on a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis due to cavitation: A paradoxical phenomenon of pressure recovery.
Zhenzhen WangChadi AyoubJeremy J ThadenSaid AlsidawiFletcher A MillerLawrence J SinakCharanjit S RihalRowlens M MelduniPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)
We describe a case of a mass-like echocardiographic density on a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve. We initially suspected a thrombus vs vegetation on transthoracic echocardiography, but after transesophageal echocardiography, the density was subsequently determined to be cavitation by reviewing the initial images in slow motion.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve replacement
- left atrial
- mitral valve
- heart failure
- climate change
- computed tomography
- deep learning
- pulmonary embolism
- ejection fraction
- left atrial appendage
- high speed
- high resolution