Prosthetic aortic valve dehiscence
by Nanda Navin C

Comprehensive Textbook of Echocardiography

by Navin C Nanda
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Live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography patient with an infected metallic aortic valve prosthesis. Short axis view showing rocking motion (arrowhead) of the prosthesis valve at 11 o’clock position indicating suture dehiscence. The green arrowhead denotes an echo density in the left main coronary artery. Its etiology is not clear but could represent an atherosclerotic plaque or embolized vegetation.

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