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Echocardiographic diagnosis of atrioventricular septal perforation caused by an aortic valve vegetation |
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| Authors: | N Trehan A Goldfarb A J Gindea I Kronzon |
| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016. |
| Abstract: | A case of aortic valve endocarditis is presented in which a vegetation eroded through the atrioventricular septum and extended into the right atrium. This was diagnosed by echocardiography and confirmed at surgery. |
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