Late occurrence of fatal aortitis: a complication of Aspergillus endocarditis following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
The most common fungal organism to cause endocarditis is Candida which is followed by Aspergillus. Aspergillus endocarditis can occur in either the native or prosthetic heart valves, usually occurs post-operative after cardiac valve surgery. This case is illustrative of a 49-year-old man with previous history of coronary artery bypass grafting presenting with aortic valve endocarditis which was diagnosed as Aspergillus endocarditis. Unfortunately, despite medical and surgical therapy, progressive fatal aortic invasion occurred.
Esmaeilzadeh
Maryam
M
Department of Echocardiography, Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Vali-Asr Avenue, Adjacent Mellat Park, PO Box 1996911151, Tehran, Iran. meszadeh@rhc.ac.ir
Parsaee
Mozhgan
M
Peighambari
Mohammad Mehdi
MM
Sadeghpour
Anita
A
Khamooshi
Amir J
AJ
Hosseini
S Saeid
SS
Mozaffari
Kambiz
K
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D001025:Aortitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016638:Critical Illness; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors