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- Title
A prominent brachiocephalic vein masquerading as an aortic dissection flap on transthoracic echocardiogram: A case for multimodality imaging.
- Authors
Gajjar, Kushani; Biederman, Robert
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSTIC errors; AORTIC dissection; DOPPLER echocardiography; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; BRACHIOCEPHALIC veins; SUPRAVENTRICULAR tachycardia
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2020, Vol 37, Issue 2, p351
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/echo.14587