• J Am Soc Echocardiogr · May 2007

    Case Reports

    Aorta-right atrial fistula: a rare complication of prosthetic aortic valvular endocarditis.

    • Necla Ozer, Ali Deniz, Enver Atalar, Serdar Aksoyek, Kenan Ovunc, and S Sirri Kes.
    • Cardiology Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. neclaozer@hotmail.com <neclaozer@hotmail.com>
    • J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 May 1; 20 (5): 538.e5-6.

    AbstractAortic root abscess is a well-known complication of aortic valve endocarditis but intracardiac fistulas are rarely seen. This report describes a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis who had an aortic root abscess that ruptured into the right atrium creating an aortic-right atrial fistula and causing a highly mobile vegetative mass in the right atrium.

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