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

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

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Abstract

Mini-Abstract We describe a unique case where a 53-year-old man with history of intravenous drug abuse and prior endocarditis presented with fever and chest pain. He was found to have a eustachian valve vegetation and bioprosthetic pulmonary valve vegetation. The causative organism was Candida albicans. In this case, three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography clearly identified the pulmonic valve vegetation which was not well seen on two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)607-609
Number of pages3
JournalEchocardiography
Volume32
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2015

Keywords

  • TEE
  • eustachian valve
  • tricuspid valve prosthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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