Echocardiographic "Eyewitness" of Aortic Valve Vegetation Detachment |
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| Authors: | ROBERTO PEREIRA M.D.,,WILSON DE,OLIVEIRA Jr. M.D. ,DEUZENY MARQUES DE,SÁ M.D. ,MÁ RIO GESTEIRA COSTA M.D., LUÍ S FERNANDO SALAZAR DE,OLIVEIRA M.D. |
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| Affiliation: | Fundação para o Ensino e Pesquisa em Cardiologia and Hospital Oswaldo Cruz, Faculdade de Ciěncias Médicas, Recife, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
Embolic phenomena are associated with endocarditis. We report a patient suffering from infective endocarditis, in which the exact moment of detachment of an aortic valve vegetation and subsequent embolization was eyewitnessed during two-dimensional echocardiography, and the entire episode was recorded on video tape. |
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| Keywords: | endocarditis aortic valvular disease embolic phenomena two-dimensional echocardiography |
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