The Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Aortic Perivalvular Abscesses
作者:
Marschall Runge,
George Stouffer,
Richard Sheahan,
Stamatios Lerakis,
W. Robert Taylor,
Mary Lynch,
Craig Litman,
Stephen Clements,
Trevor Thompson,
Randolph Martin,
期刊:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
(OVID Available online 2001)
卷期:
Volume 321,
issue 2
页码: 152-155
ISSN:0002-9629
年代: 2001
出版商: OVID
关键词: Transesophageal echo;Valve abscesses
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Aortic valve abscesses (AVAs) are a devastating complication of aortic valve endocarditis. Over 8 years, 25 patients were diagnosed with AVA by transesophageal echo (TEE). Management and outcomes were then analyzed. Eleven (44%) AVAs involved prosthetic valves, and 6 (24%) occurred in congenitally malformed valves. Twenty patients (80%) underwent surgical intervention; the rest were treated medically. Eleven (44%) of the patients died [6 (30%) surgery patients and all the medical patients]. Eight of 11 (73%) patients who died were culture positive forStaphylococcus aureus. All patients with congenitally malformed aortic valves underwent surgical intervention and survived. We conclude that: (1) despite advances in therapy and diagnosis, patients with AVAs have a high mortality rate; (2) prognosis with AVA is especially poor whenS aureusis the infectious organism; (3) patients with AVAs in congenitally malformed valves have a great outcome with surgery; (4) patients treated medically have a very poor prognosis; earlier identification by TEE may be critical to improving survival.
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