title: Double-barrel proximal thoracic aorta or horrific complication of endocarditis?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Strosin
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jugovac
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Zahir A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.affiliation: The Anesthesia Service, the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pagel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Staphylococcus epidermidis; aortic valve; bacterial endocarditis; bioprosthesis; cardiac surgery; dehiscence; infectious complications