Echocardiography in a 3-year-old child: severe dilatation of the ascending aorta!

Echocardiographic study of a 3-year-old child demonstrating marked dilatation of the ascending aorta. The video includes sequential imaging from several echocardiographic windows: 1. Subcostal view Visualization of the left ventricular outflow tract and the dilated ascending aorta. 2. Parasternal long-axis view of the left ventricle Assessment of the aortic root, left ventricular outflow tract, and ascending aorta. 3. Parasternal short-axis view at the level of the aortic valve Visualization of a tricuspid aortic valve with symmetrical cusps. Key point: The aortic valve morphology appears tricuspid, with no echocardiographic signs of bicuspid aortic valve morphology in the presented views. This video is intended for medical education and demonstrates the echocardiographic assessment of ascending aortic dilatation in a pediatric patient.