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Perforated giant mycotic aneurysm of mitral valve in a drug-addicted young man: Rare complication of infective endocarditis

Vincenzo LavancoRenato BragatoMirko CurziEnrico GiustinianoDaniela Di LisiDonatella Raspante

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtySubstance-Related Disordersinfective endocarditiEchocardiography Three-Dimensional030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyAneurysm RupturedDiagnosis Differential03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineFatal OutcomeMitral valvemedicineEndocarditisHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingHeart AneurysmEndocarditisbusiness.industryHeart AneurysmMitral Valve Insufficiency030229 sport sciencesthree-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographyMycotic aneurysmMiddle Aged3D color echocardiographymedicine.diseaseSurgerymedicine.anatomical_structureInfective endocarditisMitral ValveDifferential diagnosisCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineMitral valve regurgitationbusinessComplicationAneurysm InfectedEchocardiography Transesophageal

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Infective endocarditis (IE) affects patients at high clinical risk and may present as an acute and rapidly progressive, subacute or chronic infection. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography represent the key diagnostic method in IE diagnosis. In particular, three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography represents the imaging technique that allows to establish with adequate accuracy dimensions, shape, and localization of endocarditis vegetations. In our case, we show a huge vermiform mycotic aneurysm in an immunodeficient young drug-addicted man with severe mitral valve regurgitation and the additive value of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in this specific clinical setting.

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2017-11-26
10.1111/echo.13763http://hdl.handle.net/10447/510699