Aortic root to left atrium fistula: a rare complication of infective endocarditis in a native aortic valve

• DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0451-7
• Publication Date: 2014-05-17T11:53:38Z
• Authors: Vitor Hugo Pereira; João Português; Lucy Calvo; Inocência Machado; Olga Azevedo; António Lourenço
• Keywords: Male; Fistula; Heart Diseases; Multiple Organ Failure; Aortic Diseases; Heart Valve Diseases; Pneumococcal Infections; 03 medical and health sciences; Fatal Outcome; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; 14. Life underwater; Aorta; Aged; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Science & Technology; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; 3. Good health; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Left atrium; Aortic Valve; Infective endocarditis; Aneurysm, Infected; Aneurysm, False; Echocardiography, Transesophageal

The image shows a pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa and a fistula between the non-coronary sinus and the left atrium.