Surgical repair of a postendocarditis abscess cavity in the heart guided by intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography.

A case of aortic prosthetic endocarditis is presented that was complicated by the formation of a cavity in the spatium between the aorta and the roof of the left atrium. At the primary operation this cavity had not been detected. During reoperation the surgeon localized the cavity in the cardioplegic heart, guided by transoesophageal echocardiography.