Aortico-left atrial fistula in aortic valve endocarditis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Aortic root abscess is a well-known complication of aortic valve endocarditis. This report describes the two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in a patient with aortic valve endocarditis whose course was complicated by a posterior aortic root abscess which ruptured into the left atrium creating an aortico-left atrial fistula, which, to our knowledge, has not been previously reported. These findings were confirmed at surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Diseases
- Aortic Valve
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Fistula
- Heart Atria