### Learning objectives After reading this article, the readers should be able to: Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a relatively rare but much-feared clinical presentation which has a high mortality, ...

TTE as well as TEE should be rigorously used whenever IE is suspected. ... a periannular abscess; ... aortic-valve disease, rheumatic heart disease, prosthetic heart valve, ...

The prevalence of aortic stenosis (AS) and amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM) increases with age. While the global prevalence of calcific aortic valve disease is estimated to be >2% in ...