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Upper esophageal aortic arch in long axis showing grade 5 aortic arch atheroma.
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Intraoperative TEE showed a significant atherosclerotic burden with grade 3 atheroma in the ascending aorta and grade 5 atheroma in the descending aorta and aortic arch (Figure 1).