COMMON CORONARY OSTIUM MIMICKING AN AORTIC ABSCESS IN A CASE OF BACTERIAL-ENDOCARDITIS

Authors
VUILLE C TRIGOTRINDADE P LERCH R KALANGOS A
Citation
C. Vuille et al., COMMON CORONARY OSTIUM MIMICKING AN AORTIC ABSCESS IN A CASE OF BACTERIAL-ENDOCARDITIS, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 11(1), 1998, pp. 80-82
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
08947317
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
80 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-7317(1998)11:1<80:CCOMAA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A patient with aortic valve endocarditis presented with severe aortic regurgitation, large vegetation, and a periannular cavity at transesop hageal echocardiography consistent with an abscess. At surgery a commo n coronary ostium was found, which was responsible for the abnormal pe riannular image. Such congenital abnormality, although unusual, is an echocardiographic pitfall in the case of endocarditis.