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Echocardiographic appearance of aortic valve vegetations in bacterial endocarditis due to actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Author(s) -
Moorthy Krishna,
Prakash Ravi,
Aronow Wilbert S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870050112
Subject(s) - medicine , actinobacillus , endocarditis , aortic valve , microbiology and biotechnology , cardiology , pasteurellaceae , antibiotics , biology , periodontitis , haemophilus influenzae
This report describes the echocardiographic features seen in a case of bacterial endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. The echocardiogram demonstrated large, bulky clusters of echoes filling the aortic root in diastole which extended to the subvalvular and supravalvular areas. The echocardiographic features mimicked those described in cases of Candida endocarditis. The morphologic appearance of vegetations at surgery correlated with the echocardiographic findings.