title: A case of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis with massive vegetation underestimated by conventional two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography: efficacy of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan.
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan. kataoaki@sd5.so-net.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Akihisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan.
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitazawa
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kozuma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D064207:Aggregatibacter aphrophilus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D016871:Pasteurellaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents