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Transesophageal Echocardiographic Visualization of Leaflet Destruction in Two Patients with Suspected Endocarditis
Author(s) -
ROUDAUT RAYMOND,
DUPAS JEANYVES,
GOSSE PHILLIPE,
DALLOCCHIO MODESTE
Publication year - 1991
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/j.1540-8175.1991.tb01200.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , cardiology , perforation , context (archaeology) , radiology , doppler echocardiography , mitral valve , transesophageal echocardiogram , aortic valve , diastole , paleontology , materials science , punching , biology , blood pressure , metallurgy
We report two cases of nonvegetant endocarditis, one with a perforated mitral valve aneurysm, the other with a perforated aortic leaflet. In both cases, the diagnosis of perforation was not made by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography but by transesophageal Doppler echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography is particularly useful in the context of nonvegetant endocarditis for a rapid diagnosis because an urgent surgical treatment may possibly be needed. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 8, May 1991)