A case of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis with massive vegetation underestimated by conventional two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography: efficacy of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

J Echocardiogr. 2017 Mar;15(1):46-47. doi: 10.1007/s12574-016-0311-7. Epub 2016 Aug 19.

Authors

Miho Mitsui¹, Akihisa Kataoka², Kumiko Konno¹, Takatoshi Kitazawa³, Naoyuki Yokoyama¹, Tomoki Shimokawa⁴, Ken Kozuma¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan. kataoaki@sd5.so-net.ne.jp.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 27541494
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-016-0311-7

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Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Aggregatibacter aphrophilus / isolation & purification*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Heart Valve Prosthesis / microbiology
Humans
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Pasteurellaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Pasteurellaceae Infections / drug therapy
Pasteurellaceae Infections / microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Reproducibility of Results

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents