1. Aortic valve cusp aneurysm as a result of blood culture‐negative infective endocarditis, interesting echocardiographic and surgical images
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Mahboubeh Pazoki, Marziyeh Pakbaz, Sam Zeraatian, Mohammad Amin Zaeim, and Shokoufeh Hajsadeghi
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Aortic valve ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Hemodialysis Catheter ,Regurgitation (circulation) ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Aneurysm ,Valve replacement ,Mitral valve ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,cardiovascular diseases ,Embolization ,030505 public health ,Endocarditis ,business.industry ,Endocarditis, Bacterial ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Blood Culture ,Echocardiography ,Aortic Valve ,Infective endocarditis ,cardiovascular system ,0305 other medical science ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Compared to mitral valve aneurysms, aortic valve (AV) aneurysm is a more rare and serious complication of infective endocarditis (IE). Early surgical intervention and valve replacement are required in order to prevent further complications such as embolization and rupture of aneurysm. We described a case of severe aortic regurgitation (AR) as a result of an aortic valve aneurysm in a patient with history of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in whom the hemodialysis catheter had not been changed for a year.
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- 2020
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