DETERGED LARGE AORTIC-VALVE RING ABSCESS DETECTED AT LONG-TERM AFTER INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

Authors
VARENNE O DURIEZ P BUSSIERE J PLOTTON C GANDJBAKHCH I OLLIVIER JP
Citation
O. Varenne et al., DETERGED LARGE AORTIC-VALVE RING ABSCESS DETECTED AT LONG-TERM AFTER INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 87(1), 1994, pp. 95-99
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
87
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
95 - 99
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1994)87:1<95:DLARAD>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The authors report the case of a very large deterged aortic valve ring abscess detected at long-term after infective endocarditis during inv estigation of symptomatic consequent aortic regurgitation. The differe nt imaging methods of diagnostic import are reviewed with special emph asis on the role of transoesophageal echocardiography during infective endocarditis.