Shaggy aorta: ideal substrate for disaster. Updated review.

Shaggy aorta (SA) is characterized by a critical and extensive atheromatous disease of the thoracic and abdominal aorta. This degenerative and dangerous pathology is the result of the confluence of multiple modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. The clinical importance of this pathology relies on the various syndromes that can develop from its etiopathogenesis, which generates great morbidity and mortality in the affected patients.

Acute left anterior descending artery occlusion after IVUS leading to urgent percutaneous coronary intervention complicated with coronary perforation: Case report.

Background: Intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) has become an important complementary tool in interventional cardiology, both for preprocedural planning and for optimizing the performance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, this tool is not free of potential complications, because of that it is essential to be aware of them and their management. Over time, new uses of IVUS have emerged, and it is currently a potential tool for predicting the risk of coronary perforation.

Hypoplastic Posterior Leaflet Mitral Valve Associated with Bicuspid Aortic Valve.

• Hypoplasia of the MV posterior leaflet is a rare congenital anomaly. • Differential diagnosis includes other anomalies of the mitral apparatus. • TTE and TEE are cornerstones for proper preoperative planning.