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Case Reports
. 1997 Jun;20(6):579-80.
doi: 10.1002/clc.4960200613.

Eustachian valve endocarditis: detection with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography

V Palakodeti  1 , W D Keen Jr, L S Rickman, D G Blanchard
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Case Reports

Eustachian valve endocarditis: detection with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography

V Palakodeti et al. Clin Cardiol. 1997 Jun.

Abstract

Right-sided involvement is fairly common in infective endocarditis, but involvement of the eustachian valve is distinctly rare. We present the case of a 36-year-old intravenous drug user with staphylococcal bacteremia and septic pulmonary emboli. Transthoracic echocardiography was normal, but transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large eustachian valve vegetation. This case illustrates the utility of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of eustachian valve pathology.

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