Aortic root to left atrium fistula: a rare complication of infective endocarditis in a native aortic valve.
The image shows a pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa and a fistula between the non-coronary sinus and the left atrium.
Cardiology Department, Alto Ave Hospital Center, Guimarães, Portugal, pereira.vitorhugo@gmail.com.
Vitor Hugo
VH
Pereira
João
J
Português
Lucy
L
Calvo
Inocência
I
Machado
Olga
O
Azevedo
António
A
Lourenço
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000382:microbiology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*