Department of Emergency Medicine

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Title: What's the Diagnosis? Images by Dr. Daniel Gingold

Category: Visual Diagnosis

Posted: 8/17/2015 by Haney Mallemat, MD
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Question

55 year-old male presents with chest pain. Echo is shown below (parasternal long-axis on the left and aortic root / ascending aorta on the right), what's the diagnosis?

Answer

  • Ascending aortic aneurysm resulting in secondary aortic reguritation

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