Endocarditis abscess of the aortic annulus involving the left ventricular inferior wall and causing a moderate aortic systolic obstruction: Diagnosis by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-66

  Iarussi, Diana ^a,b   Martino, Vincenzo ^a   Pergola, Valeria ^a   Renzo, Giuseppe ^a   Tripodi, Maria Francoise ^a   Utili, Riccardo ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve endocarditis; Myocardial abscess; Paravalvular abscess; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ABSCESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RING;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037225379     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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