title: [Left atrial dissection and infective endocarditis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cordero Lorenzana
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: López Pérez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merayo Macías
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gulías López
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paz Rodríguez
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Disección auricular izquierda y endocarditis infecciosa.