ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF ANEURYSM OF THE AORTIC VALVE CAUSED BY INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS : A Case Report

KEIKO MORIMOTO; MASUNORI MATSUZAKI; YOSHITO ANNO; YOSHINORI TANIMOTO; YURIO KOBAYASHI; KIYOSHI TAKASHIBA; YAKASHI YAMAGISHI; REIZO KUSUKAWA

doi:10.1253/jcj.53.819

KEIKO MORIMOTO, MASUNORI MATSUZAKI, YOSHITO ANNO, YOSHINORI TANIMOTO, YURIO KOBAYASHI, KIYOSHI TAKASHIBA, YAKASHI YAMAGISHI, REIZO KUSUKAWA

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KEIKO MORIMOTO
MASUNORI MATSUZAKI
YOSHITO ANNO
YOSHINORI TANIMOTO
YURIO KOBAYASHI
KIYOSHI TAKASHIBA
YAKASHI YAMAGISHI
REIZO KUSUKAWA
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Hosupital Shimonoseki
Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Hospital Shimonoseki
Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Hospital Shimonoseki
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine

Keywords: Aortic value, Aneurysm and infective endocarditis

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1989 Volume 53 Issue 7 Pages 819-824

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.53.819

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Abstract

No aneurysm of the aortic valve associated with infective endocarditis has yet been reported. This report describes the clinical echocardiographic and pathologic findings in a patient who developed infective endocarditis resulting in aneurysm of the non-coronary cusp with aortic regurgitation. Surgical treatment was performed because of gradual expansion of the aneurysm and gradual thinning of its wall. Two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiographies proved useful for the initial diagnosis and serial follow-up of this unusual case and for its successful surgical management.

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