Identification of tricuspid valve vegetation by computed tomography scan.
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.
Panwar
Sadik R
SR
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
Singh
Satinder
S
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Singh
Anurag
A
Yelamanchili
Pridhvi
P
Pothineni
Koteswara R
KR
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*