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Aspergillus niger Aortitis after Aortic Valve Replacement Diagnosed by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Duygu Hamza,
Nalbantgil Sanem,
Ozerkan Filiz,
Kirilmaz Bahadir,
Yagdi Tahir
Publication year - 2006
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.1540-8175.2006.00122.x
Subject(s) - aortitis , medicine , cardiology , aortic valve , aortic valve replacement , cardiac surgery , radiology , surgery , aorta , stenosis
Aspergillus aortitis following cardiac surgery has an important role among the cardiac infections as almost all affected cases result in death. Survival of the patient with Aspergillus aortitis is dependent on early initiation of aggressive medical and surgical treatment. Transesophageal echocardiography proved very useful in the diagnosis of this uncommon case of aortitis. In this paper, we present a patient with aortitis caused by Aspergillus niger that hasn't been reported previously diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography following cardiac surgery.