title: Serial documentation of changes in a mitral valve vegetation progressing to abscess rupture and fistula formation by transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Massey
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Samdarshi
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sanyal
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kirklin
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*