Eustachian Valve Endocarditis in an Elderly Woman

Francesco Punzo, Pasquale Guarini, Mario De Michele, Maria Accadia, Luigi Irace, Aurelio Caruso, GIUSEPPE GRANATO CORIGLIANO

Echocardiography · 1999 · 12 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

We describe the transesophageal echocardiographic findings in Eustachian valve endocarditis for a 73-year-old woman with a previous history of mitral valve disease. After a 4-week treatment with antibiotics, follow-up echocardiographic examination showed a smaller vegetation.

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