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Figure 4. Simultaneous multiplane image with (A) Mid-esophageal descending aorta short axis view (0) and (B) Mid-esophageal descending aorta long axis view (90). Yellow arrows: Severe atherosclerosis (grade IV) with intimal thickening > 10 mm and irregular border. Blue arrows: Multiple reverberation artefacts from the calcified aortic (comet-tails).