Abstract
A 53-year-old man was scheduled to undergo an aortic arch replacement and native aortic valve resuspension for aortic aneurysm and severe aortic regurgitation. The patient originally had a transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) examination by a cardiologist under sedation to establish the diagnosis and had a documented easy TEE probe passage.The patient had not had any history of dysphagia, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, or esophageal abnormalities nor was he receiving steroid therapy.
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