Open AccessEustachian valve endocarditis: Detection with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography
Author(s) -
Palakodeti Vachaspathi,
Keen William D.,
Rickman Leland S.,
Blanchard Daniel G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960200613
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , bacteremia , cardiology , infective endocarditis , intravenous drug , radiology , antibiotics , virus , virology , viral disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
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.