Aortic root abscess--echocardiographic image

Autopsy findings point to a high prevalence of perivalvular abscesses in patients with infective endocarditis. Diagnosis of this complication, which may have therapeutical implications, is difficult. The authors present echocardiographic image obtained in a patient with bacterial endocarditis in who...

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Published inCor et vasa (English ed.) Vol. 30; no. 4; p. 281
Main Authors Torbicki, A, Pasierski, T, Dabrowska, B, Religa, Z
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Czech Republic 1988
Subjects
Abscess - diagnosis
Adult
Aortic Valve
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Enterococcus faecalis
Female
Humans
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis
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Summary:Autopsy findings point to a high prevalence of perivalvular abscesses in patients with infective endocarditis. Diagnosis of this complication, which may have therapeutical implications, is difficult. The authors present echocardiographic image obtained in a patient with bacterial endocarditis in whom an aortic root abscess was subsequently found at operation.
ISSN:0010-8650