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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug 28;1(4):155-158.
doi: 10.1016/j.case.2017.05.002. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Three-Dimensional Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Transcatheter Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis

Yahaira Ortiz González  1 , Ryan Ung  1 , Joseph L Blackshear  1 , Steven M Laman  1
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Case Reports

Three-Dimensional Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Transcatheter Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis

Yahaira Ortiz González et al. CASE (Phila). .
No abstract available

Keywords: 3D echocardiography; TAVR; TEE; endocarditis.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Admission electrocardiogram shows normal sinus rhythm with right bundle branch block.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Aortic valve continuous-wave Doppler. (B) Parasternal short-axis view of bioprosthetic aortic valve. AV, Aortic valve; LA, left atrium; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Two-dimensional TEE showing long axis of the aortic valve on the left and short axis on the right. Ao, Aorta; LA, left atrium.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Three-dimensional TEE showing long axis of the aortic valve, with the white arrow pointing to elongated mobile vegetation originating from the aortic valve leaflets. Ao, Aorta; LA, left atrium.
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