Alvarez Vicente G, de la Hera Galarza J M, Barriales Alvarez V, Vara Manso J, González del Rey M del C
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo.
Rev Esp Cardiol. 1999 Feb;52(2):142-4. doi: 10.1016/s0300-8932(99)74884-0.
This report describes the two-dimensional echocardiographic and autopsy findings in a patient with aortic valve endocarditis complicated by a posterior aortic root abscess with rupture into the right atrium, creating an aortic-right atrial fistula, with a later development from the root of the fistula of a pediculated thrombus inside the cavity.