RUPTURED AORTIC CUSP ANEURYSM IN INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

Authors
MORELLI S PERRONE C RUVOLO G
Citation
S. Morelli et al., RUPTURED AORTIC CUSP ANEURYSM IN INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS, International journal of cardiology, 57(1), 1996, pp. 51-53
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01675273
Volume
57
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
51 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5273(1996)57:1<51:RACAII>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We describe a patient affected by infective endocarditis with aortic a neurysm, waiting for valve replacement, in which aortic cusp rupture d etermined sudden heart failure. Diagnosis was performed by serial tran sthoracic echocardiograms and successful surgical valve replacement wa s performed in emergency.