Importance of Comprehensive Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination in a Patient With Infective Endocarditis of the Mitral Valve

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Dec;37(12):2597-2599. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.09.004. Epub 2023 Sep 9.

Authors

Jan Fraessdorf¹, Robert J M Klautz², Henning Hermanns³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: h.hermanns@amsterdamumc.nl.

PMID: 37798239
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.09.004

No abstract available

Keywords: aorta; echocardiography; endocarditis; mitral valve.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Endocarditis* / complications
Endocarditis* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / surgery
Humans
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery