Aspergillus niger aortitis after aortic valve replacement diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography.
Aspergillus aortitis following cardiac surgery has an important role among the cardiac infections as almost all affected cases result in death. Survival of the patient with Aspergillus aortitis is dependent on early initiation of aggressive medical and surgical treatment. Transesophageal echocardiography proved very useful in the diagnosis of this uncommon case of aortitis. In this paper, we present a patient with aortitis caused by Aspergillus niger that hasn't been reported previously diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography following cardiac surgery.
Duygu
Hamza
H
Department of Cardiology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey. hamzakard@yahoo.com
Nalbantgil
Sanem
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Ozerkan
Filiz
F
Kirilmaz
Bahadir
B
Yagdi
Tahir
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