[en] In case of valvular infective endocarditis, the infection is mainly localized on the flow side of the valves or at damaged valvular endothelium. We describe a rare case of an aortic valvular ineffective endocarditis with an aortic-valve vegetation situated on the aortic side of the valve. We believe this is the first description of this unusual localization of vegetations in a native aortic valve.
Disciplines :
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
BRULS, Samuel ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique
Dulgheru, Raluca; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
LANCELLOTTI, Patrizio ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de cardiologie
Defraigne, Jean-Olivier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences - Surgical Research Center
Language :
English
Title :
Unusual localization of vegetations in a native aortic valve infective endocarditis.
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