Fig. 5

Intraoperative TEE. Intraoperative midesophageal TEE view at two short-axis levels of the aortic valve demonstrates a large mass obstructing the pulmonic valve which was subsequently shown to be spindle cell sarcoma. Abbreviations: AV, aortic valve; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; MPA, main pulmonary artery; RA, right atrium; RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract