| Literature DB >> 9181271 |
V Palakodeti1, W D Keen, L S Rickman, D G Blanchard.
Abstract
Right-sided involvement is fairly common in infective endocarditis, but involvement of the eustachian valve is distinctly rare. We present the case of a 36-year-old intravenous drug user with staphylococcal bacteremia and septic pulmonary emboli. Transthoracic echocardiography was normal, but transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large eustachian valve vegetation. This case illustrates the utility of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of eustachian valve pathology.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9181271 PMCID: PMC6656125 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200613
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Cardiol ISSN: 0160-9289 Impact factor: 2.882