Incidental Finding of Subannular Perfused Aortic Root Abscess
An 83-year-old female presented with aortic valve stenosis requiring surgery, which was diagnosed with a transthoracic echocardiography three years ago. However, the patient declined the surgery at that time due to personal reasons. Three years later she presented again with signs of dizziness and w...
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| author | Luise Vöhringer Malte Niklas Bongers Florian Helms Aron Frederik Popov |
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| description | An 83-year-old female presented with aortic valve stenosis requiring surgery, which was diagnosed with a transthoracic echocardiography three years ago. However, the patient declined the surgery at that time due to personal reasons. Three years later she presented again with signs of dizziness and weakness and progression of the aortic valve stenosis. Cardiac catheterization and a computed tomography scan were performed before the planned surgery. Surprisingly, a huge subannular perfused abscess hole around the aortic root companying a pericardial effusion was revealed. The patient underwent an urgent aortic root replacement with a tissue valve and an aortic ascending replacement without any complications. Intraoperative inspection confirmed an active aortic root and valve endocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f64788ce0b64e549ca1eaab85029db02024-01-10T14:53:38ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182023-12-011411910.3390/diagnostics14010019Incidental Finding of Subannular Perfused Aortic Root AbscessLuise Vöhringer0Malte Niklas Bongers1Florian Helms2Aron Frederik Popov3Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Eberhard Karls University, 72074 Tuebingen, GermanyDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, 72074 Tuebingen, GermanyDivision for Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, GermanyDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Eberhard Karls University, 72074 Tuebingen, GermanyAn 83-year-old female presented with aortic valve stenosis requiring surgery, which was diagnosed with a transthoracic echocardiography three years ago. However, the patient declined the surgery at that time due to personal reasons. Three years later she presented again with signs of dizziness and weakness and progression of the aortic valve stenosis. Cardiac catheterization and a computed tomography scan were performed before the planned surgery. Surprisingly, a huge subannular perfused abscess hole around the aortic root companying a pericardial effusion was revealed. The patient underwent an urgent aortic root replacement with a tissue valve and an aortic ascending replacement without any complications. Intraoperative inspection confirmed an active aortic root and valve endocarditis.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/1/19cardiac surgeryaortic surgerycomputed tomographyendocarditisaortic root abscess |
| spellingShingle | Luise Vöhringer Malte Niklas Bongers Florian Helms Aron Frederik Popov Incidental Finding of Subannular Perfused Aortic Root Abscess Diagnostics cardiac surgery aortic surgery computed tomography endocarditis aortic root abscess |
| title | Incidental Finding of Subannular Perfused Aortic Root Abscess |
| title_full | Incidental Finding of Subannular Perfused Aortic Root Abscess |
| title_fullStr | Incidental Finding of Subannular Perfused Aortic Root Abscess |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incidental Finding of Subannular Perfused Aortic Root Abscess |
| title_short | Incidental Finding of Subannular Perfused Aortic Root Abscess |
| title_sort | incidental finding of subannular perfused aortic root abscess |
| topic | cardiac surgery aortic surgery computed tomography endocarditis aortic root abscess |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/1/19 |
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