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Primary Mural Endocarditis Without Valvular Involvement
Author(s) -
Tahara Mai,
Nagai Tomoo,
Takase Yoshiyuki,
Takiguchi Shunichi,
Tanaka Yoshiaki,
Kunihara Takashi,
Arakawa Junko,
Nakaya Kazuhiro,
Hamabe Akira,
Gatate Youdou,
Kujiraoka Takehiko,
Tabata Hirotsugu,
Katsushika Shuichi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.16.03049
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , mural , cardiology , painting , art , visual arts
Primary mural endocarditis is an extremely rare infection in which nonvalvular endocardial involvement is seen without any cardiac structural abnormalities such as ventricular septal defects. The rapid and precise diagnosis of this disease remains challenging. We present 2 cases (67‐ and 47‐year‐old male patients) of pathologically confirmed primary mural endocarditis that could have been detected by initial transthoracic echocardiography in the emergency department. Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography play critical roles in the early recognition and confirmation of primary mural endocarditis.