• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.960-973
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• 2023

The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital cardiovascular malformation. Patients with BAV are at higher risk of other congenital cardiovascular malformations and valvular dysfunction, including aortic stenosis/regurgitation and infective endocarditis. BAV may also be related to aortic wall abnormalities such as aortic dilatation, aneurysm, and dissection. The morphology of the BAV varies with the presence and position of the raphe and is associated with the type of valvular dysfunction and aortopathy. Therefore, accurate diagnosis and effective treatment at an early stage are essential to prevent complications in patients with BAV. This pictorial essay highlights the characteristics of BAV and its related congenital cardiovascular malformations, valvular dysfunction, aortopathy, and other rare cardiac complications using multimodal imaging.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.42-45
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• 2016

Thrombosis at the left ventricular outflow tract occurs without any detectable heart disease or predisposing factors only extremely rarely. A 48-year-old male visited Konkuk University Medical Center with loss of consciousness one month prior to presentation. Before he visited our hospital, he had been diagnosed with a cardiac tumor, which was located between the left atrium and posterior aortic root, and which was adjacent to both the aortic and mitral valves. Cardiac transplantation was recommended at the other hospital because of the high risk of cardiac dysfunction induced by both aortic and mitral valvular dysfunction after surgical resection. Based on preoperative transthoracic echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, we considered it to be a benign tumor. Complete resection was achieved and the pathology confirmed organizing thrombus. We report a case of organizing thrombus mimicking a cardiac tumor, which was located at the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa of the left ventricular outflow tract without any heart disease.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제83권6호
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• pp.1400-1405
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• 2022

좌심방 부속기 동맥류는 심장 빗살근의 선천성 이형성이나 승모판 또는 심근의 후천적 병변에 의해 생길 수 있는 매우 드문 심장 질환이다. 주로 흉부 CT나 심초음파에서 좌심방이 비정상적 팽창되어 우연히 발견되며, 환자의 대부분은 무증상이지만 생명을 위협하는 합병증과 관련이 있어 외과적 치료를 필요로 한다. 그러므로 정확한 진단과 함께 이에 동반된 합병증을 찾아내는 것은 중요하다. 본 증례 보고에서는 수술적 치료로 확진 된 53세 여성의 좌심방 부속기 동맥류를 소개하고 병태생리학을 바탕으로 진단과 함께 놓치지 말아야 할 합병증에 대한 CT 및 MRI 검사의 소견을 소개하고자 한다.