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Dysplastic aortic cusp presenting with myocardial ischemia: diagnostic value of transesophageal echocardiography

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Dysplastic aortic cusp causing myocardial ischemia is a rare entity. We report a case and review 16 previously reported cases, and we discuss the limitation of different cardiac imaging modality in defining this abnormality.

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  1. Cardiovascular and Cardiac Surgery Divisions, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Saeed Al Ahmari, Hartzell Schaff, Roger Click & Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran

  2. Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, 340301, Riyadh, 11333, Saudi Arabia

    Saeed Al Ahmari

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Ahmari, S.A., Schaff, H., Click, R. et al. Dysplastic aortic cusp presenting with myocardial ischemia: diagnostic value of transesophageal echocardiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 21, 219–223 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-004-2977-6

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