Figure 17. The scheme shows an aneurysm of the sinuses of Valsalva with an ectasia of the proximal ascending aorta and disappearance of the ST-junction and the direct transition of the sinuses into the proximal TAA (a).

Further, native and color-coded 2D transthoracic images during diastole (b) and systole (c), 3D transthoracic long axis view during systole (d) and 3D transesophageal en-face views of the AV during diastole (e) and systole (f) are shown.