Aortic valve aneurysm after acute endocarditis

Perforated aortic valve aneurysm due to infective endocarditis.

A 28-year-old man with no relevant medical history was admitted to our hospital for fever occurring early in the evening, weakness, dyspnea, and headache of 2 months’ duration. Blood culture was persistently positive for Streptococcus sanguinis (5/5). Upon admission, a diastolic murmur that had not been detected previously was found. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed and showed a lar...

A rare case of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis complicated with multiple fistula to peri aortic structure

  Multiple aorto-cardiac cavity communications is very rare but important complication of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis. The case below illustrates multiple aorto-cardiac cavity fistula formation following prostethic aortic valve endocarditis presented with slowly progressive symptoms of heart failure. A brief review of surgical reconstruction and the existing literature are presented, i...

Ruptured Aortic Valve with Mycotic Aneurysm Due to Acute Bacterial Endocarditis.

Aortic Valve Endocarditis

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an endovascular infection of cardiovascular structures – usually valves – but also large intra-thoracic vessels and intra-cardiac foreign bodies. It is typically caused by bacteria or fungi. In contrast, sterile thrombotic lesions are termed non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE). IE is generally characterised by lesions of vegetations composed of platelets,...

Mitral valve aneurysm in endocarditis.

To the Editor: I read with interest the contribution by Cai et al in the “Images in Cardiovascular Medicine” section of the journal.1 They described a patient who developed severe aortic regurgitation and a mitral valve aneurysm 1 month after successful treatment of Streptococcus mitis endocarditis. The case presentation and the title implied that the mitral valve aneurysm was caused by the eff...