Serial documentation of changes in a mitral valve vegetation progressing to abscess rupture and fistula formation by transesophageal echocardiography

Am Heart J. 1992 Jul;124(1):241-8. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(92)90956-v.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*