Challenging diagnosis of prosthetic infective endocarditis and para-aortic conduit abscess - the role of multimodality approach

MeSH terms

• Abscess / diagnosis*
• Abscess / etiology
• Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging*
• Aortic Valve / surgery
• Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
• Echocardiography, Transesophageal
• Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
• Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
• Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Multimodal Imaging / methods*
• Prosthesis-Related Infections / complications
• Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
• Staphylococcal Infections / complications
• Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
• Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification