Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4228734 | European Journal of Radiology | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We describe the case of a 72-year-old man presenting with endocarditis and clinical signs of acute myocardial ischemia after biological aortic valve replacement. A comprehensive cardiac dynamic multislice spiral computed tomography demonstrated: (1) an endocarditic vegetation of the aortic valve; (2) a subvalvular leakage feeding a paravalvular pseudoaneurysm based on an aortic root abscess with subsequent compromise of the systolic blood flow in the left main coronary artery and the resulting myocardial perfusion deficit.
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Authors
Alexander Lembcke, Patrick A. Hein, Christian N.H. Enzweiler, Udo Hoffmann, Christian Klessen, Pascal M. Dohmen,