Calcific degeneration and rupture of the aortic valve and ascending aorta: from cardiac auscultation to multimodality imaging

J Geriatr Cardiol. 2015 Sep;12(5):580-3. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.05.006.

Authors

Davide Stolfo¹, Pasquale Gianfagna², Enrico Fabris¹, Davide Zanuttini², Gianfranco Sinagra¹, Alessandro Proclemer², Gaetano Nucifora²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, 'Ospedali Riuniti' and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital 'Santa Maria della Misericordia', Udine, Italy.

PMID: 26512251
PMCID: PMC4605955
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.05.006

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic valve rupture; Multislice computed tomography; Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta; Transesophageal echocardiography.