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Usefulness of two‐ and three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of proximal left coronary system compression by a paraprosthetic aortic valve abscess
Author(s) -
Ahmad Amier,
McElwee Samuel K.,
Jiang Amy Z.,
Barssoum Kirolos N.,
Elkaryoni Ahmed E.,
Arisha Mohammed J.,
Srialluri Swetha,
Seghatol Frank,
Nanda Navin C.
Publication year - 2017
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.13476
Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , compression (physics) , cardiology , endocarditis , aortic valve , infective endocarditis , complication , radiology , surgery , materials science , composite material
Paraprosthetic aortic valve abscess represents a rare, but lethal complication of infective endocarditis. We report a case of proximal left coronary system compression by a paraprosthetic aortic valve abscess whose detection was augmented using live/real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. Our case illustrates the usefulness of combined two‐ and three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in detecting this finding.