Unusual cases of infective endocarditis

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2002 Jan;15(1):93-5. doi: 10.1067/mje.2002.116311.

Abstract

We report 2 patients with unusual cases of infective endocarditis. The first patient had a large, mural vegetation on left ventricle that was diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography; and the second patient had a large, mobile vegetation in the descending prosthetic aorta with an abscess cavity around the vessel, diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography. This report confirms the usefulness of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of uncommon cases of endocarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Thoracic / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*