Multiple aorto-right cavitary fistula: a rare complication of prosthetic valvular endocarditis in intravenous drug users.

نویسندگان

  • Sergio Moral
  • Jaime Aboal
  • Manel Morales
چکیده

Aorto-cavitary fistula is an infrequent complication in infective endocarditis as well as multiple fistula, being the most rare among intracardiac fistulas. The prognosis of infective endocarditis worsens if there are fistulas associated, exceeding the mortality over 40% despite aggressive surgical treatment. Although transoesophageal echocardiography offers a better sensitivity and specificity, sometimes transthoracic echocardiography is enough to obtain these infrequent pictures that we present.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology

دوره 10 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009