Open AccessAortic valve aneurysm after acute endocarditis
Author(s) -
Plein D.,
Van Camp G.,
Derluyn M.,
Vandenbossche J.L.
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.4960201114
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , vegetation (pathology) , aortic valve , cardiology , aneurysm , abscess , cusp (singularity) , aortic aneurysm , surgery , aorta , pathology , geometry , mathematics
Endocarditis at the aortic level is usually characterized by the presence of a vegetation or an abscess on echocardiography. This paper reports on what is believed by the authors to be the first case of endocarditis presenting as an aneurysmal deformation of one aortic cusp without a vegetation.