title: Identification of tricuspid valve vegetation by computed tomography scan.
abstract: We report a patient with disseminated sepsis in whom a large vegetation involving the tricuspid valve was seen on a routine nongated computed tomography (CT) study emphasizing the potential role of CT scan in endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Sadik R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Panwar
authors.forename: Satinder
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Pridhvi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yelamanchili
authors.forename: Koteswara R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Pothineni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000382:microbiology*