Aortic valve aneurysm after acute endocarditis.
Endocarditis at the aortic level is usually characterized by the presence of a vegetation or an abscess on echocardiography. This paper reports on what is believed by the authors to be the first case of endocarditis presenting as an aneurysmal deformation of one aortic cusp without a vegetation.
Plein
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Department of Cardiology, St Pieter University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Van Camp
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Derluyn
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Vandenbossche
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged