Pictures in clinical medicine. Huge apertures in the aortic valve due to Libman-Sachs endocarditis.
Tada
Hayato
H
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa. ht240z@sa3.so-net.ne.jp
Kawashiri
Masa-aki
MA
Watanabe
Go
G
Yamagishi
Masakazu
M
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications