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. 2021 May;116(5):1023-1026.
doi: 10.36660/abc.20200706.

Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis by Neisseria Elongata after Bentall Procedure: When Multimodality Imaging is Key to Diagnosis

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mariana Brandão  1 , Pedro Gonçalves-Teixeira  1 , Pedro Ribeiro Queirós  1 , Nuno Dias Ferreira  1 , Marco Oliveira  1
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Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis by Neisseria Elongata after Bentall Procedure: When Multimodality Imaging is Key to Diagnosis

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mariana Brandão et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021 May.
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Figura 1
Figura 1. 1A) TC cardíaca na admissão mostrando vegetação na valva aórtica e alterações inflamatórias na fibrosa intervalvar e espaços septais interatriais. 1B) TC cardíaca na alta com tecido inflamatório residual.
Figura 2
Figura 2. 2A) Ecocardiograma transesofágico, corte esôfago médio eixo longo da valva aórtica. (a) Vegetação (seta vermelha) e infiltrado inflamatório (seta branca). (b) Abscesso anular (seta vermelha). Ao: aorta ascendente; AE: átrio esquerdo; VE: ventrículo esquerdo. 2B) Ecocardiograma transesofágico na alta, corte esôfago médio eixo longo da valva aórtica. Não há visualização de vegetação ou abscesso. Ao: aorta ascendente; AE: átrio esquerdo; VE: ventrículo esquerdo.
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Figure 1
Figure 1. 1A) Cardiac CT scan at admission showing vegetation in the aortic valve and inflammatory changes in the intervalvular fibrosa and inter-atrial septal spaces. 1B) Cardiac CT scan at discharge with residual inflammatory tissue.
Figure 2
Figure 2. 2A) Transesophageal echocardiogram, midesophageal long-axis aortic valve plane. (a) Vegetation (red arrow) and inflammatory infiltrate (white arrow). (b) Annular abscess (red arrow). Ao: ascending aorta; LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle. 2B) Transesophageal echocardiogram at discharge, midesophageal long-axis aortic valve plane. No vegetation or abscess visible. Ao: ascending aorta; LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle.
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