Hong Susie N, Perk Gila, Skolnick Adam, Kronzon Itzhak
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Echocardiography. 2009 Oct;26(9):1089-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00966.x.
Posterior mitral valve (MV) leaflet aneurysms are extremely rare complications of infective endocarditis (IE). When MV aneurysms occur, they usually involve the anterior leaflet. Real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT3D TEE) has been recently developed and provides views of unparalleled quality by optimizing visualization of spatial relationships. We present a rare case of a posterior MV leaflet aneurysm due to IE in a 64-year-old woman, best visualized by RT3D TEE.
二尖瓣(MV)后叶动脉瘤是感染性心内膜炎(IE)极为罕见的并发症。当二尖瓣动脉瘤发生时,通常累及前叶。实时三维经食管超声心动图(RT3D TEE)最近已被开发出来,通过优化空间关系的可视化提供了无与伦比的高质量图像。我们报告了一例64岁女性因感染性心内膜炎导致二尖瓣后叶动脉瘤的罕见病例,通过RT3D TEE能最佳地观察到该病变。