Vuille C, Trigo-Trindade P, Lerch R, Kalangos A
Center and Division of Cardiology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998 Jan;11(1):80-2. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(98)70126-9.
A patient with aortic valve endocarditis presented with severe aortic regurgitation, large vegetation, and a periannular cavity at transesophageal echocardiography consistent with an abscess. At surgery a common coronary ostium was found, which was responsible for the abnormal periannular image. Such congenital abnormality, although unusual, is an echocardiographic pitfall in the case of endocarditis.
