EUSTACHIAN VALVE ENDOCARDITIS - DETECTION WITH MULTIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
PALAKODETI V KEEN WD RICKMAN LS BLANCHARD DG
Citation
V. Palakodeti et al., EUSTACHIAN VALVE ENDOCARDITIS - DETECTION WITH MULTIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Clinical cardiology, 20(6), 1997, pp. 579-580
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Clinical cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01609289
Volume
20
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
579 - 580
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-9289(1997)20:6<579:EVE-DW>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Right-sided involvement is fairly common in infective endocarditis, bu t involvement of the eustachian valve is distinctly rare. We present t he case of a 36-year-old intravenous drug user with staphylococcal bac teremia and septic pulmonary emboli. Transthoracic echocardiography wa s normal, but transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large eustac hian valve vegetation. This case illustrates the utility of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of eustachian valv e pathology.