Ruptured aortic cusp aneurysm in infective endocarditis.
We describe a patient affected by infective endocarditis with aortic aneurysm, waiting for valve replacement, in which aortic cusp rupture determined sudden heart failure. Diagnosis was performed by serial transthoracic echocardiograms and successful surgical valve replacement was performed in emergency.
Morelli
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Istituto di I Clinica Medica, Policlinico Umberto I, Universita La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Perrone
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Ruvolo
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D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous