Prosthetic Aortic Valve Abscess Producing Total Right Coronary Artery Occlusion: Diagnosis by Transesophageal Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

We present a patient with total right coronary artery occlusion produced by a prosthetic aortic valve abscess. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal three‐dimensional echocardiography.

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Published in:Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2002-07, Vol.19 (5), p.395-398
Main Authors: Horton Jr, Carl J., Nanda, Navin C., Nekkanti, Rajasekhar, Mukhtar, Osman, McGiffin, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abscess
Abscess - complications
Abscess - diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve - diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve - surgery
aortic valve prosthesis
Coronary Stenosis - diagnostic imaging
Coronary Stenosis - etiology
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color - methods
Echocardiography, Transesophageal - methods
Female
Heart Valve Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases - surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis - adverse effects
Humans
infective endocarditis
Middle Aged
Prosthesis-Related Infections - complications
Prosthesis-Related Infections - diagnostic imaging
right coronary artery obstruction
Sensitivity and Specificity
Staphylococcal Infections - complications
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnostic imaging
three-dimensional echocardiography
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Summary:We present a patient with total right coronary artery occlusion produced by a prosthetic aortic valve abscess. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal three‐dimensional echocardiography.
ISSN:0742-2822
1540-8175
DOI:10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00395.x