Persistent fifth aortic arch (PFAA) is a very rare anomaly, with an estimated incidence of 0.01%.
From the initial description in 1969 until 2023, only 104 cases have been reported in the literature.
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Our September 2026 @CASEfromASE is online! bit.ly/3EZ3nlI
This issue features:
🫀Left Atrial Appendage Ostial Stenosis: A Case Series
🫀Biventricular Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
🫀Stenotic Persistent Right-Sided Fifth Aortic Arch with Fourth Arch Interruption
#JADEL
Latest Issue of CASE @CASEfromASE is available for your reading pleasure!
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This includes my recent musings (Size, Shape, Property, or Precipitator) on the similarities between an A4C view in RCM & giardia lamblia under a microscope. 🤪🤔
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#Echo is critical in the assessment of bioprosthetic aortic valve function. Read this @CASEfromASE, "Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve on the Move," about a 44-year-old male patient w/ no medical history, presenting w/ progressive dyspnea on exertion for 1 month. bit.ly/3j5KTHJ
We're learning more and more about the similarities between humans and their animal companions. #echofirst across species.
Did you know @ASE360 has a guideline being written with our #Vetcardio colleagues on echo in cats and dogs?
#ASEchoJC
An example of leaf tenting up the commissure of posterior and septal leaflet preventing coaptation and anterior leaflet fail to reach septal leaflet… a “ pseudoprolapse “ situation
A1. perforation or impingement of 1 or more leaflets, lead entanglement in subvalvular apparatus, RV dyssynchrony, device–related endocarditis w associated direct infectious damage to valvular structure or leaflet flail/avulsion after lead extraction #echofirst
Latest CASE now online. Cases explore atrial myxomas, inflammation of heart and vessels, mitral valve problems at all levels, heart invasion, left atrial cardiomyopathy with left atrial thrombus, and #CHD in dogs and how to fix it. CVCASEJournal.com
On August 1, @VLSorrellImages started his position as @CASEfromASE Editor-in-Chief. One of Dr. Sorrell’s additions to the CASE reader experience is the CASE Author Spotlight. His first video interview is with @saricmu as they discuss Danon Disease. bit.ly/3ChPbAQ
CASE founding EICs, @kgzimmerman and Dr. Rodriguez, end their fantastic tenure today. Their leadership helped @CASEfromASE grow in many ways including downloads. 2021 downloads are 7 percent ahead of last year at this time.
In this #JASEChoJC@CASEfromASE paper by @JamesDThomasMD1 et al, volumetric method correlated well with CMR, Mitral inflow overestimated RVol and PISA unreliable with more than one, eccentric jet. See example of RVol calculation here.
📢New Issue Out Now‼️Many interesting cases with important learning points using noninvasive imaging to diagnose cardiac pathology. For example ➡️Is this a myxoma or something more sinister? ✅ out this case & others and build your #echofirst knowledge 🤯 bit.ly/3guqybL