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case_images: Pre-operative transthoracic echocardiography. (A) The left ventricle is dilated. There is no vegetation. (B) Severe aortic valve regurgitation is detected. Ao, aorta; RV, right ventricle; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle.
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case_images: During the outpatient follow-up, the patient had recurrent severe AR (Figure 1) and three cerebral haemorrhages caused by bacteraemia.
case_images: Intraoperative image of the donor heart. (A) The pulmonary valve is autologous, and the bicuspid valve and the Ao are anteriorly deviated. (B) The donor's PA is enlarged, and there is a 2 cm square patch in front of the RV. Ao, aorta; PA, pulmonary artery; RV, right ventricle; LA, left atrium; SVC, superior vena cava.
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case_images: The ascending aorta was anteriorly deviated, but an anatomical anastomosis was possible (Figure 2).