Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of eustachian valve endocarditis.
A 33-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug abuse was seen with fever, septic pulmonary embolization, and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Transthoracic echocardiography was nondiagnostic. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a large, pedunculated, and highly mobile vegetation attached to the eustachian valve.
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Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA 92350, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*