A distinctly rare case of candida endocarditis involving the bioprosthetic pulmonary and the Eustachian valve diagnosed on 3D transesophageal echocardiography

Echocardiography. 2015 Mar;32(3):607-9. doi: 10.1111/echo.12804. Epub 2014 Oct 17.

Authors

Ahmed K Pasha¹, Branden A Snyder, Tirdad T Zangeneh, Jess L Thompson, Richard E Sobonya, Aiden Abidov

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

PMID: 25323487
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12804

No abstract available

Keywords: TEE; eustachian valve; tricuspid valve prosthesis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bioprosthesis / adverse effects*
Candidiasis / diagnostic imaging
Candidiasis / etiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology
Venous Valves / diagnostic imaging*