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Usefulness of two‐ and three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of proximal left coronary system compression by a paraprosthetic aortic valve abscess |
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| Authors: | Amier Ahmad MD Samuel K. McElwee MD Amy Z. Jiang MD Kirolos N. Barssoum MBBCH Ahmed E. Elkaryoni MBBCH Mohammed J. Arisha MBBCH Swetha Srialluri MBBS Frank Seghatol MD Navin C. Nanda MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;2. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA |
| Abstract: | Paraprosthetic aortic valve abscess represents a rare, but lethal complication of infective endocarditis. We report a case of proximal left coronary system compression by a paraprosthetic aortic valve abscess whose detection was augmented using live/real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. Our case illustrates the usefulness of combined two‐ and three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in detecting this finding. |
| Keywords: | coronary artery compression paraprosthetic aortic valve abscess proximal left coronary system compression three‐dimensional echocardiography two‐dimensional echocardiography |