Eustachian valve endocarditis

I Vilacosta; J A San Roman; V Roca

doi:10.1136/hrt.64.5.340

Eustachian valve endocarditis

Br Heart J. 1990 Nov;64(5):340-1. doi: 10.1136/hrt.64.5.340.

Authors

I Vilacosta¹, J A San Roman, V Roca

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

M mode and cross sectional echocardiography showed a highly mobile globular pedunculated mass(3.0 cm long with a maximum diameter of i.5 cm) attached to the eustachian valve in a heroin addict with staphylococcal endocarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
Heart Valves / diagnostic imaging*
Heroin Dependence / complications
Humans
Male
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*