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Description Mechanism of cavitation through aortic valve prostheses. The local pressure drops below ambient pressure as blood travels through the narrowest portion of the prosthesis, the vena contracta (VC),...
Article Title: Echocardiographic mimicker of thrombus on a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis due to cavitation: A paradoxical phenomenon of pressure recovery
Publication Title: Echocardiography -
Description Image sequence illustrating the phenomenon of micro‐cavitation. Transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated echodensities (arrow head) on the ventricular surface of the mechanical aortic valve...
Article Title: Echocardiographic mimicker of thrombus on a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis due to cavitation: A paradoxical phenomenon of pressure recovery
Publication Title: Echocardiography