Two- and live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of infective endocarditis of a valved pulmonary conduit.
Echocardiography
; 32(2): 361-4, 2015 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
We describe the use of a nonstandard left infraclavicular approach in making the diagnosis of an infected valved conduit with two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. The patient was an adult with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia who had undergone multiple surgical repair procedures. The initial diagnosis of infective endocarditis was made by transesophageal echocardiography. Both techniques demonstrated a single, large vegetation in the conduit. Live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography, on the other hand, provided further information by demonstrating several additional vegetations in the conduit and more comprehensively assessed their size by enabling measurement of their azimuthal dimensions and volumes. The patient was treated with antibiotics with complete resolution of the vegetations.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prostheses and Implants
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Pulmonary Artery
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Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
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Endocarditis, Bacterial
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Heart Ventricles
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Echocardiography
Year:
2015
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Article