"When Aneurysm Ain't Aneurysm": sinus of Valsalva aneurysm mimicked by healed abscess cavity under the aortic valve.
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
; 57(6): 367-8, 2009 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19707982
ABSTRACT
In a 70-year-old patient with severe aortic valve stenosis, preoperative standard imaging (transthoracic echocardiography and angiography) detected an unclear subannular cavity structure. Initially interpreted as an aneurysm of Valsalva, the structure was identified intraoperatively as a huge chronic abscess cavity and exclusion was carried out by pericardial patch plasty. This case draws attention to the importance of a differential diagnosis of an abscess due to infective endocarditis in cases of unclear subannular structures rashly diagnosed as aneurysm of Valsalva.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aneurisma de la Aorta
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Estenosis de la Válvula Aórtica
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Seno Aórtico
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Absceso
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Endocarditis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suiza