Aortic Root Vasculitis Associated With Cogan's Syndrome Hrvoje Gasparovic, MD, PhD, Zeljko Djuric, MD, Dubravka Bosnic, MD, Mate Petricevic, MD, Margita Brida, MD, Snjezana Dotlic, MD, Bojan Biocina, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 1, Pages 340-341 (July 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.068 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Short-axis echocardiographic view of the aortic valve shows failure of cusp apposition (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 340-341DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.068) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative photograph shows the retracted aortic valve cusps with a resultant deficiency in central coaptation (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 340-341DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.068) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Aortic wall destruction as evidenced by acute suppurative inflammation interspersed within areas of hemorrhage (original magnification ×50, hematoxylin and eosin stain). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 340-341DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.068) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions