title: Left ventricular mural bacterial endocarditis: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: An unusual case of staphylococcal endocarditis with a vegetation attached to the left ventricular myocardium is described. No valvular vegetations are present. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiography. The patient had no chronic debilitating disease, nor was she immunosuppressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 11235.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalakota
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uddin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology