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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Acquired aortoventricular tunnel: a rare complication of infective endocarditis
Alireza Moaref1, Shahab Shahrzad, Amir Aslani
1Cardiology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Abstract:
A 26-year-old man presented to emergency department with fever associated with night sweating and weight loss since 2 months prior to admission. He was an intravenous heroin user admitted for infective endocarditis of aortic valve 1 year ago. Transthoracic echocardiography followed by the transesophageal study showed bileaflet aortic prosthesis with normal transvalvular gradient and severe paravalvular aortic insufficiency. A pseudoaneurysm of intervalvular fibrosa connecting left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) to noncoronary sinus of valsalva was detected.
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