[Left atrial dissection and infective endocarditis].
A rare case of left atrial dissection as a consequence of infectious endocarditis is reported. We present a patient with infectious endocarditis with involvement of mitral and aortic valves; in whom the trans-esophageal echocardiography was able to visualise the left atrial dissection. This complication has been reported after surgical repair of the mitral valve, but never in infectious endocarditis.
Cordero Lorenzana
M L
ML
Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
López Pérez
J M
JM
Merayo Macías
E
E
Gulías López
J M
JM
Paz Rodríguez
J
J
D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006325:Heart Atria; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*
Disección auricular izquierda y endocarditis infecciosa.