associated aortic and mitral incompetence, and left ventricular (LV) systolic function. Baseline transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is performed in all patients in order to validate the ...

There was no clinical evidence of dynamic aortic insufficiency in any of the 10 subjects; the diastolic blood pressures were greater than 60 mm. of mercury in each case, and the peripheral pulses ...