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Mycotic aneurysm of the left ventricle: echocardiographic diagnosis
Karen M Modesto1, Patricia A Pellikka, Joseph F Malouf
1Division of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Abstract:
We report an unusual case of myocardial mycotic aneurysm of the left ventricle resulting from a healed myocardial abscess caused by an aortic regurgitant jet lesion. The diagnosis was made during intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography and confirmed by surgical inspection. The echocardiographic features are described.