Pseudoaneurysm in the Intervalvular Mitral-Aortic Region After Endocarditis and Prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement
| Autor: | Gisbert Gehling, Magdalena Pohlmann, Gerhard Pongratz, Kurt Bachmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Regurgitation (circulation) medicine.disease Surgery Pseudoaneurysm Aortic valve replacement Physiology (medical) Internal medicine cardiovascular system medicine Cardiology Endocarditis Pouch Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Staphylococcal endocarditis |
| Zdroj: | Circulation. 96:3241-3242 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 0009-7322 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/01.cir.96.9.3241 |
| Popis: | A 50-year-old man was referred for transesophageal echocardiography. The patient had undergone a prosthetic aortic valve replacement (Medtronic Hall A 23) 5 months previously because of severe aortic regurgitation due to staphylococcal endocarditis. The postoperative course was complicated by a fever that lasted 3 months. Actually, the multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination revealed an echo-free pouch located posteriorly, in the mitral aortic intervalvular region … |
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