Single and Multiple Beam Echocardiography in Aortic Valve Endocarditis
| Autor: | Stig Haunsø, Jan Fog Pedersen, Jens Berning |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Adult
Male Aortic valve medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Aortic Valve Insufficiency Diastole Valve replacement Internal medicine Mitral valve medicine.artery Internal Medicine medicine Humans Systole Cardiac catheterization Aorta Endocarditis business.industry Aortic Valve Stenosis Middle Aged medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Embolism Echocardiography Aortic Valve cardiovascular system Cardiology Mitral Valve Female Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Medica Scandinavica. 204:315-319 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6101 |
| Popis: | Three patients with aortic valve endocarditis were studied. The single beam M-mode echocardiographic findings comprised the appearance in diastole of a cluster of shaggy echoes at the aortic valve in all three patients. Mitral flutter was seen in two patients and premature closure of the mitral valve in one patient. At multiple beam two-dimensional echocardiography, the echo cluster could in all three patients be seen to move perpendicular to the sound beams, ascending into the aorta in systole and descending in diastole. At valve replacement, vegetations were found that explained the abnormal echo cluster. The multiple beam echocardiography facilitated the interpretation of the single beam findings and increased the confidence therein. By applying the non-invasive modality of echocardiography in these patients with their high risk of embolism, cardiac catheterization may possibly be avoided. |
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