Unusual cases of infective endocarditis. |
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| Authors: | Aurelio Caruso Diana Iarussi Giovanni Dialetto Franco Covino Claudio Crispo Pasquale Coppolino Maria Francoise Tripoldi Riccardo Utili |
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| Institution: | Dipartimento di Scienze Cardio-Chirurgiche, Toraciche e Respiratorie, Ospedale Monaldi, Naples, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | We report 2 patients with unusual cases of infective endocarditis. The first patient had a large, mural vegetation on left ventricle that was diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography; and the second patient had a large, mobile vegetation in the descending prosthetic aorta with an abscess cavity around the vessel, diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography. This report confirms the usefulness of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of uncommon cases of endocarditis. |
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