Key result
Transesophageal echocardiography facilitates the diagnosis of evolving paravalvular abscesses by revealing specific features of aortic root and aortotricuspid annulus involvement.
Why the study?
Paravalvular abscess is a serious complication of endocarditis often requiring surgery, requiring recognition of transesophageal echocardiographic features for diagnosis.
Transesophageal echocardiography is useful for recognizing features of paravalvular abscess, a serious complication of endocarditis.
Supports TEE for paravalvular abscess detection in endocarditis; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Paravalvular abscess is a serious complication of endocarditis that often requires surgical intervention. Diagnosis is achieved by recognizing echocardiographic features of paravalvular abscess seen on transesophageal echocardiography. Our case report highlights these features seen in a patient with aortic root abscess and aortotricuspid annulus involvement. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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Khan et al. (2019) studied this question. Transesophageal echocardiography facilitates the diagnosis of evolving paravalvular abscesses by revealing specific features of aortic root and aortotricuspid annulus involvement.
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