False Aneurysm of the Aortic Root and Right Ventricular Outflow Obstruction: An Unusual Complication of Surgically Treated Infective Endocarditis

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-79

  Falcon Eicher, Sylvie ^a,b   Eicher, Jean Christophe ^a   Morvan, Yann ^a   Tatou, Etienne ^a   Chavanet, Pascal ^a   David, Michel ^a   Brunotte, Francois ^a   Wolf, Jean Eric ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic root abscess; Magnetic resonance imaging; Right ventricular outflow obstruction; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1542635048     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00870.x     Document Type: Article

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