A prominent brachiocephalic vein masquerading as an aortic dissection flap on transthoracic echocardiogram: A case for multimodality imaging
| Autor: | Kushani Gajjar, Robert W Biederman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Aortic arch medicine.medical_specialty Suprasternal notch Aorta Thoracic Dissection (medical) 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Multimodal Imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.artery medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging cardiovascular diseases Vein Brachiocephalic vein Brachiocephalic Veins Aortic dissection business.industry medicine.disease body regions Aortic Dissection medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography cardiovascular system Female Supraventricular tachycardia Radiology Transthoracic echocardiogram Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Echocardiography. 37:351-355 |
| ISSN: | 1540-8175 0742-2822 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/echo.14587 |
| Popis: | A 30-year-old female patient with past medical history of supraventricular tachycardia presented with shortness of breath and underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). The TTE noted a concerning partially mobile linear echo density, with positive Doppler color flow across it along the aortic arch, which was concerning for a dissection flap. The patient accordingly underwent a cardiac MRI which revealed that the anomaly seen on echocardiogram was in the setting of a prominent left brachiocephalic (innominate) vein and without evidence of aortic dissection. While this is a relatively common phenomenon, there is no literature on prominent brachiocephalic vein masquerading as an aortic dissection flap on TTE. |
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