Eustachian valve endocarditis: detection with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography

Clin Cardiol. 1997 Jun;20(6):579-80. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960200613.

Abstract

Right-sided involvement is fairly common in infective endocarditis, but involvement of the eustachian valve is distinctly rare. We present the case of a 36-year-old intravenous drug user with staphylococcal bacteremia and septic pulmonary emboli. Transthoracic echocardiography was normal, but transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large eustachian valve vegetation. This case illustrates the utility of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of eustachian valve pathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications