Primary Mural Endocarditis Without Valvular Involvement

Primary mural endocarditis is an extremely rare infection in which nonvalvular endocardial involvement is seen without any cardiac structural abnormalities such as ventricular septal defects. The rapid and precise diagnosis of this disease remains challenging. We present 2 cases (67‐ and 47‐year‐old...

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Published in:Journal of ultrasound in medicine 2017-03, Vol.36 (3), p.659-664
Main Authors: Tahara, Mai, Nagai, Tomoo, Takase, Yoshiyuki, Takiguchi, Shunichi, Tanaka, Yoshiaki, Kunihara, Takashi, Arakawa, Junko, Nakaya, Kazuhiro, Hamabe, Akira, Gatate, Youdou, Kujiraoka, Takehiko, Tabata, Hirotsugu, Katsushika, Shuichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
cardiac surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
endocarditis
Endocarditis - diagnosis
Endocarditis - diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis - therapy
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
mural vegetation
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections - therapy
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Summary:Primary mural endocarditis is an extremely rare infection in which nonvalvular endocardial involvement is seen without any cardiac structural abnormalities such as ventricular septal defects. The rapid and precise diagnosis of this disease remains challenging. We present 2 cases (67‐ and 47‐year‐old male patients) of pathologically confirmed primary mural endocarditis that could have been detected by initial transthoracic echocardiography in the emergency department. Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography play critical roles in the early recognition and confirmation of primary mural endocarditis.
ISSN:0278-4297
1550-9613
DOI:10.7863/ultra.16.03049