Echocardiographic diagnosis of atrioventricular septal perforation caused by an aortic valve vegetation

N Trehan; A Goldfarb; A J Gindea; I Kronzon

doi:10.1016/s0894-7317(88)80097-x

Echocardiographic diagnosis of atrioventricular septal perforation caused by an aortic valve vegetation

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1988 Mar-Apr;1(2):150-1. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(88)80097-x.

Authors

N Trehan¹, A Goldfarb, A J Gindea, I Kronzon

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.

PMID: 3272761
DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(88)80097-x

Abstract

A case of aortic valve endocarditis is presented in which a vegetation eroded through the atrioventricular septum and extended into the right atrium. This was diagnosed by echocardiography and confirmed at surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve / pathology*
Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies / etiology
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology*
Female
Heart Septum / pathology*
Heart Valve Diseases / complications
Heart Valve Diseases / pathology
Humans