title: Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of Aspergillus fumigatus aortitis after percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: Aspergillus aortitis is an uncommon infection with high mortality and has been reported in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass. We report the first case of Aspergillus aortitis in an immunocompetent man immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention to an aortocoronary bypass graft. In this case, transesophageal echocardiography played a pivotal role in diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Taiyeb M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Khumri
authors.forename: Norah B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Joslin
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nayyar
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Main
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male