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Ioannis Ntalas, John B. Chambers, Júlia Karády, Ronak Rajani
Ioannis Ntalas, John B. Chambers, Júlia Karády, Ronak Rajani
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20180057
A 61-year-old man with type II diabetes mellitus was referred with breathlessness on exertion. On auscultation, there was a continuous ejection systolic murmur on the left upper sternal border. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a dilated vessel in aortic wall in the parasternal long axis view () and a spherical lesion in the apical 4-chamber view (). A coronary computed tomographic angiographic (CTCA) study revealed a dilated and ectatic right coronary artery (RCA). It arose from the ascending aorta at the 12 […]
Keywords: Computed Tomography Angiography; Echocardiography; Systolic Murmurs