title: Value of repeated multiplane transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with mitral valve ring abscess and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: Mitral valve ring abscess and ventricular pseudoaneurysm are rare complications of infective endocarditis. We describe the case of a 58-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital with sepsis caused by Staphylococcus aureus and in whom tricuspid and mitral valve endocarditis developed within 2 weeks. Despite widespread antibiotic therapy, the endocarditis proceeded to form a mitral valve ring abscess and a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. The diagnosis was set by repeated multiplane transesophageal echocardiography and confirmed by heart surgery.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wisbar
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Keim
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Momper
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Eschenbruch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hust
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012016:Reference Values; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus