Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Jul 1994
Case ReportsRight ventricular thrombus: an unusual manifestation of Behçet's disease.
Behcet's disease is a chronic multisystem illness in which cardiac involvement is a rare manifestation. In this unusual case a young man had symptoms that primarily related to recurrent right ventricular thrombi and pulmonary thromboemboli. Transesophageal echocardiography was useful in documenting the presence of intracardiac thrombus and establishing the diagnosis.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Jul 1994
Case ReportsPosterior left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after aortic valve replacement in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
A 58-year-old man with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis underwent successful aortic valve replacement because of severe aortic regurgitation. One year later, prosthetic valve endocarditis was suspected clinically and he was referred for echocardiography. ⋯ Biplane transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated the presence of a pulsatile pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle arising posteriorly, close to the anulus of the mitral valve. There was no evidence of endocarditis.