Mahdi Mohammed, Ozer Muhammet, Nagra Bipinpreet, Aufiero Patrick, Kantharia Bharat
Internal Medicine, Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton, USA.
Cardiovascular Disease, Capital Health System, Trenton, USA.
Cureus. 2021 May 31;13(5):e15352. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15352. eCollection 2021 May.
Aortic valve abscess is a fatal complication of infective endocarditis. Transthoracic echocardiography is the initial imaging obtained in suspected infective endocarditis. However, its accuracy in detecting cardiac complications remains low, thus should be followed by transesophageal echocardiography if the clinical situation permits. Here, we present a case of a bicuspid aortic valve infective endocarditis caused by S and complicated with aortic valve abscess and acquired Gerbode defect, which appeared as a tricuspid valve vegetation on transthoracic echocardiography.
主动脉瓣脓肿是感染性心内膜炎的一种致命并发症。经胸超声心动图是疑似感染性心内膜炎时最初进行的影像学检查。然而，其检测心脏并发症的准确性仍然较低，因此如果临床情况允许，应随后进行经食管超声心动图检查。在此，我们报告一例由S引起的二叶式主动脉瓣感染性心内膜炎病例，该病例并发主动脉瓣脓肿和获得性Gerbode缺损，在经胸超声心动图上表现为三尖瓣赘生物。
