Right-sided vegetation unmasks aortic endocarditis.
Echocardiography is a key tool in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Although transthoracic echocardiography is the first step in the work-up, transoesophageal echocardiography is mandatory for the evaluation of the exact extent of the infectious process. Indeed, perivalvular abscess can fistulate towards different heart chambers, leading sometimes to critical clinical situations.
Girod
Gregoire
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Service de Cardiologie, CHU Vaudois, Rte du Bugnon 46, Lausanne 1010, Switzerland. gregoire.girod@chuv.ch
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Frank
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Jaussi
Andres
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D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged