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Aortico-left atrial fistula in aortic valve endocarditis
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center.
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|October 1, 1992
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.