Echocardiographic Features of Evolving Aortic Root Abscess

Paravalvular abscess is a serious complication of endocarditis that often requires surgical intervention. Diagnosis is achieved by recognizing echocardiographic features of paravalvular abscess seen on transesophageal echocardiography. Our case report highlights these features seen in a patient with...

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Autores principales: Khan, Mohsin, Muthukumar, Lakshmi, Khandheria, Bijoy K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.024
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author Khan, Mohsin
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description Paravalvular abscess is a serious complication of endocarditis that often requires surgical intervention. Diagnosis is achieved by recognizing echocardiographic features of paravalvular abscess seen on transesophageal echocardiography. Our case report highlights these features seen in a patient with aortic root abscess and aortotricuspid annulus involvement. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-82887532021-07-26 Echocardiographic Features of Evolving Aortic Root Abscess Khan, Mohsin Muthukumar, Lakshmi Khandheria, Bijoy K. JACC Case Rep Imaging Vignette Paravalvular abscess is a serious complication of endocarditis that often requires surgical intervention. Diagnosis is achieved by recognizing echocardiographic features of paravalvular abscess seen on transesophageal echocardiography. Our case report highlights these features seen in a patient with aortic root abscess and aortotricuspid annulus involvement. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2019-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8288753/ /pubmed/34316845 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.024 Text en © 2019 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Echocardiographic Features of Evolving Aortic Root Abscess
title Echocardiographic Features of Evolving Aortic Root Abscess
title_full Echocardiographic Features of Evolving Aortic Root Abscess
title_fullStr Echocardiographic Features of Evolving Aortic Root Abscess
title_full_unstemmed Echocardiographic Features of Evolving Aortic Root Abscess
title_short Echocardiographic Features of Evolving Aortic Root Abscess
title_sort echocardiographic features of evolving aortic root abscess
topic Imaging Vignette
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.024
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