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Incremental role of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa abscess |
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| Authors: | Sadat Kamel Joshi Deepak Sudhakar Selvin Bicer Elif Ijlal Ibrahim Hisham Nanda Navin C Bhagatwala Kunal Karia Nidhi Pandey Abhilasha |
| Institution: | Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA. |
| Abstract: | We report a case of an elderly patient in whom live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3DTEE) provided definitive diagnosis of mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa abscess. This could not be done by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2DTTE) and two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (2DTEE). 3DTEE was also helpful in ruling out associated mitral valve endocarditis, which was initially suspected by 2DTEE leading to a mitral valve sparing surgery. Thus, 3DTEE provided incremental information over 2DTTE and 2DTEE in this patient. |
| Keywords: | real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography three‐dimensional echocardiography mitral‐aortic intervalvular fibrosa abscess transesophageal echocardiography transthoracic echocardiography aortic valve vegetation |
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