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Eustachian Valve Endocarditis in an Elderly Woman
Author(s) -
PUNZO FRANCESCO,
GUARINI PASQUALE,
MICHELE MARIO,
ACCADIA MARIA,
IRACE LUIGI,
CARUSO AURELIO,
CORIGLIANO GIUSEPPE GRANATO
Publication year - 1999
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.1540-8175.1999.tb00811.x
Subject(s) - endocarditis , medicine , mitral valve , cardiology , surgery
We describe the transesophageal echocardiographic findings in Eustachian valve endocarditis for a 73‐year‐old woman with a previous history of mitral valve disease. After a 4‐week treatment with antibiotics, follow‐up echocardiographic examination showed a smaller vegetation.