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A Distinctly Rare Case of Candida Endocarditis Involving the Bioprosthetic Pulmonary and the Eustachian Valve Diagnosed on 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Pasha Ahmed K.,
Snyder Branden A.,
Zangeneh Tirdad T.,
Thompson Jess L.,
Sobonya Richard E.,
Abidov Aiden
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12804
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , vegetation (pathology) , chest pain , candida albicans , pulmonary valve , cardiology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Mini‐Abstract We describe a unique case where a 53‐year‐old man with history of intravenous drug abuse and prior endocarditis presented with fever and chest pain. He was found to have a eustachian valve vegetation and bioprosthetic pulmonary valve vegetation. The causative organism was Candida albicans . In this case, three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography clearly identified the pulmonic valve vegetation which was not well seen on two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.