A postoperative left ventricular-right atrial shunt due to infectious endocarditis after aortic repair with aortic valve replacement detected by transesophageal echocardiography

Infectious endocarditis (IE) with acute heart failure is a medical emergency. In particular, postoperative IE after aortic repair with an artificial vascular graft is a life-threatening matter. We present a case in which a mobile abscess appeared on the aortic valve annulus with an intra-cardiac shu...

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Autores principales: Sawai, Toshiyuki, Nakahira, Junko, Kitano, Manabu, Minami, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-016-0052-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-016-0052-7

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