Ayoub, Chadi
Mayo Clinic
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Citations 12
Echocardiographic mimicker of thrombus on a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis due to cavitation: A paradoxical phenomenon of pressure recovery
Wang, Zhenzhen , Ayoub, Chadi , Thaden, Jeremy J. , Miller, Fletcher A., Sinak, Lawrence J., Rihal, Charanjit S. , Melduni, Rowlens M. , Alsidawi, Said , Rihal, Charanjit S. , Ayoub, Chadi
Echocardiography | June 18, 2019 | Volume: 36 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 1397-1400
AbstractWe describe a case of a mass‐like echocardiographic density on a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve. We initially suspected a thrombus vs vegetation on transthoracic echocardiography, but after transesophageal echocardiography, the density was subsequently determined to be cavitation by reviewing the initial images in slow motion.
Advanced cardiac imaging techniques assist in characterizing a cardiac mass and directing management
Ayoub, Chadi , Luis, Sushil Allen , Maleszewski, Joseph J. , Pellikka, Patricia A. , Luis, Sushil A, Luis, Sushil A , Pellikka, Patricia A , Ayoub, Chadi
Echocardiography | December 1, 2017 | Volume: 34 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 1744-1746
Advanced imaging techniques, including contrast echocardiography and CMR, provided valuable characterization and evaluation of a boy with an unusual cardiac mass. Imaging features assisted with differentiation of benign from malignant etiology and excluding thrombus. Accurate imaging techniques saved our patient risks associated with unnecessary surgery or anticoagulation. The ability to accurately define size serially assisted in guiding expectant management. He died from a noncardiac cause at age 28, and autopsy demonstrated a hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes.