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Color doppler evaluation of the aortic valve regurgitation: the arrow points to "vena contracta" of a central severe regurgitant jet.
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A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a moderate-to-severe jet of aortic regurgitation (Figure 1), and three floating structures adherent to the aortic cusps, of which the greatest was 30 x 10 mm, were visualized (Figure 2).
Transthoracic echocardiographic examination: parasternal long axis view. The arrows indicate two vegetations on the ventricular side of the aortic valve cusps (right and noncoronary).
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A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a moderate-to-severe jet of aortic regurgitation (Figure 1), and three floating structures adherent to the aortic cusps, of which the greatest was 30 x 10 mm, were visualized (Figure 2).