Endarteritis and false aneurysm complicating aortic coarctation.
We report a tricky case of endocarditis because of the localization, aortic coarctation, and the pathogenic bacteria Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Furthermore, we underline the leading role of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of aortic endarteritis. First, aortitis was treated with antibiotics and, second, successfully operated on.
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Services de Cardiologie, d'Anatomo-Pathologie, and de Chirurgie Cardiaque, Hopital Cardiologique, CHU de Bordeaux, Pessac, France.
Denisi
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Parrens
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Roudaut
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Deville
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D000189:Actinobacillus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D016976:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004692:Endarteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male