title: The rupture of periaortic infective aneurysm into the left atrium and the left ventricular outflow tract: preoperative diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography.
abstract: We present a rare complication of infective endocarditis, perforated periaortic abscess with fistulous communication between the aortic root, the left atrium, and the left ventricular outflow tract. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiographic diagnosis was confirmed intraoperatively. The patient was treated successfully by aortic homograft implantation.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. bibl nauk@ikard.waw.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lastowiecka
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biederman
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Szajewski
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rydlewska-Sadowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care