ASPERGILLUS MURAL VEGETATION IDENTIFIED BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
LIM ML OLIVER DH BARASCH E
Citation
Ml. Lim et al., ASPERGILLUS MURAL VEGETATION IDENTIFIED BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Echocardiography, 14(3), 1997, pp. 283-285
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
07422822
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
283 - 285
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-2822(1997)14:3<283:AMVIBT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We report a case of Aspergillus sp. mural or nonvalvular endocarditis, which was diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) as a ve getation attached to the anterolateral papillary muscle of the left ve ntricle. Mural endocarditis is often missed by transthoracic echocardi ography (TTE) as was the case with this patient. TEE easily identified the vegetation.