[A case of infective endocarditis with subaortic-valve aneurysm]

Kyobu Geka. 1993 Oct;46(11):980-2.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a 64-year-old female patient with a subaortic-valve aneurysm due to infective endocarditis, in whom the aneurysm and its perforation was detected by Doppler color flow imaging. She had severe aortic and mitral valve regurgitation, and underwent aortic valve replacement with plication of the aneurysm. Transthoracic echocardiography doesn't have enough usefulness to clarify periaortic-annular changes, but combination with Doppler color flow imaging is supposed to be informative for subaortic-valve changes same as transesophageal echocardiography especially in the cases with abnormal flow.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged